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Gulf War reparations and the UN Compensation Commission : environmental liability / edited by Cymie R. Payne and Peter H. Sand.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Claims.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Environmental aspects.
- Liability for environmental damages--Persian Gulf Region.
- Liability for environmental damages.
- United Nations Compensation Commission.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (393 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Gulf War Reparations and the UN Compensation Commission: Environmental Liability, experts who held leadership positions and worked directly with the UNCC draw on their experience with the institution and provide a comprehensive view of the United Nations Compensation Commission and its work in the aftermath of the Gulf War. In this volume, the first of two on the UNCC's work, the authors explain that the United Nations Security Council established the ad hoc compensation commission to address reparations as a component of the ceasefire following Iraq's 1990-91 invasion and occupation of Kuwa
- Contents:
- Environmental claims in context : overview of the institution / C.R. Payne
- The process / J.E. Klee
- Assessment and valuation of damage to the environment / M.T. Huguenin ... [et al.]
- Scientific and technical advice : the perspective of Iraq's experts / L. Wilde
- Oversight of environmental awards and regional environmental cooperation / C.R.Payne
- Points of law / J.R. Allen
- Environmental principles applied / P.H. Sand
- Public health claims / P.H. Sand, J.K. Hammitt
- Institutionalizing peacebuilding : the UNCC, conflict resources, and the future of natural resources in transitional justice / C. Bruch, A. Fishman
- The UNCC as a model for climate compensation / D.A. Farber
- Liability for environmental damages : toward principles of sustainable governance / R. Costanza
- The profound significance of the UNCC for the environment / D.D. Caron.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-025988-4
- 1-283-13042-4
- 9786613130426
- 0-19-987576-6
- OCLC:
- 729874735
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