Environmental Protection and Transitions from Conflict to Peace

Clarifying Norms, Principles, and Practices

Carsten Stahn editor Jennifer S Easterday editor Jens Iverson editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:12th Oct '17

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Environmental protection is fundamental for the establishment of sustainable peace. Applying traditional legal approaches to protection raises particular challenges during the transition from conflict to peace. In the jus post bellum context, protection of the environment and natural resources needs to be considered in tandem with a broad range of simultaneously applicable normative frameworks, such as human rights, transitional justice, arms control/disarmament, UN law and practice, development, and domestic law. While certain multilateral environment agreements, such as the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage protect the environment; international humanitarian law and international criminal law continue to treat environmental protection largely from an anthropocentric perspective. This book is the first targeted work in the legal literature that investigates environmental challenges in the aftermath of conflict. Addressing these challenges, it brings together academics, policy-makers, and practitioners from different disciplines to clarify policies and practices of environmental protection and key normative frameworks. It draws on experiences and practices in post-conflict settings to specify substantive principles and techniques to remedy and prevent harm.

Environmental Protection and Transitions from Conflict to Peace offers a path-breaking (and much needed) contribution to peacebuilding by emphasizing the significance of environment in rebuilding war-torn societies. The book delves deeply into the legal matters of post-war environmental protection; it will be useful not only to law practitioners and researchers, but also to scholars and advocates of peace, human rights, and environmental protection. * Hijam Liza Dallo Rihmo, Human Rights Review *

ISBN: 9780198784630

Dimensions: 256mm x 196mm x 35mm

Weight: 1054g

512 pages