A Retreat from Universality in International Environmental Law? Law’s Limbo between Universality and Particularity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maiko Meguro
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Law ◽  
International Environmental Law

International Environmental Law

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-Marie Dupuy ◽  
Jorge E. Viñuales
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Law ◽  
International Environmental Law

Protecting Natural Resources

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérémie Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Conservation Of Natural Resources ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

This chapter focuses on the connection between the international legal framework governing the conservation of natural resources and human rights law. The objective is to examine the potential synergies between international environmental law and human rights when it comes to the protection of natural resources. To do so, it concentrates on three main areas of potential convergence. It first focuses on the pollution of natural resources and analyses how human rights law offers a potential platform to seek remedies for the victims of pollution. It next concentrates on the conservation of natural resources, particularly on the interconnection between protected areas, biodiversity, and human rights law. Finally, it examines the relationship between climate change and human rights law, focusing on the role that human rights law can play in the development of the current climate change adaptation and mitigation frameworks.

Unearthing Under-Governed Territory

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Stoett
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Environmental Crime ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Mitigating Factor ◽  
Environmental Crimes

This chapter looks at whether and how international organizations and criminal law can help us deal effectively with transnational environmental crimes and, more broadly, with environmental insecurity and injustice. It explores the question of whether the climate change justice agenda can benefit from the expanded pursuit of transnational environmental crime. The chapter asks whether international environmental law, refurbished, act as a mitigating factor in climate change. It concludes that while current international legal instruments can help spur additional action, by themselves, they will prove inadequate. Consequently, one idea proposed is a new international environmental court to deter all forms of ecocide.

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