ILC Draft Principles on the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts (Commentary)
Publisher: Al-Haq
Date: 2019
Topics: Governance, Humanitarian Assistance, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Countries: Palestine
Al-Haq welcomes the International Law Commission (ILC) adoption of Draft Principles on the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts (Draft Principles) on 8 July 2019. The adoption of the Draft Principles ends the first stage of negotiation over their content in the Drafting Committee and moves into a secondary stage of negotiation at the higher level of the ILC. Importantly, this includes deliberating on the crucial question of the form in which the ILC recommends states adopt these Draft Principles.