The international legal status and protection of environmentally-displaced persons : a European perspective / By Helene Ragheboom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ragheboom, Helene.

Series:

International Refugee Law Series 8.

International refugee law series ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental refugees--Legal status, laws, etc--European Union countries.

Environmental refugees.

Human rights--European Union countries.

Human rights.

Forced migration.

International law.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (698 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill Nijhoff, 2017.

Summary:

In The International Legal Status and Protection of Environmentally-Displaced Persons: A European Perspective , Hélène Ragheboom addresses the topical issue of displacement caused by environmental factors and analyses in particular whether affected persons, who are unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin due to the severe degradation of their living environment, could or, in the negative, should receive some form of international protection within the European Union. The author provides a detailed analysis of relevant instruments of refugee law and international human rights law, and explores possible future approaches to addressing the phenomenon of environmental displacement, ranging from constructive interpretations of existing norms to the allegedly preferable creation of a multidisciplinary sui generis framework.

Contents:

Introduction

Protecting People Fleeing Indiscriminate Threats: Law and Practice within the European Union

Introduction to Part 1

Preliminary Remark: Member States’ Obligations under International Human Rights Law are Unaltered by eu Membership

European Union Law Relevant to Asylum

Relevant Provisions of International Human Rights Law

Member States’ Non-harmonised Protection Responses

Conclusions of Part 1

Testing Existing Refugee Law, Human Rights Law and Practices through the Prism of Environmental Disasters

Introduction to Part 2

Environmentally-Displaced Persons as Beneficiaries of International Protection under Refugee Law?

Under International Human Rights Law

State Practice in Response to Disasters and Other Humanitarian Crises

Conclusions of Part 2

Exploring Means of Protecting “environmental refugees” in International Law

Introduction to Part 3

Solutions Based on Existing Asylum Law and Relevant Norms International Human Rights Law

Can (and Should) States be Held Responsible for Environmental Displacement?

A Sui Generis Framework to Address Environmental Displacement and Migration

Conclusion of Part 3

General Conclusion

Annex.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-31742-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004317420 DOI