Enhancing Environmental Protection during Occupation through Human Rights
Publisher: Goettingen Journal of International Law
Author(s): Karen Hulme
Date: 2020
Topics: Governance, Land, Public Health
Environmental protection is not specifically included in treaty law relating to State obligations during situations of occupation. While clearly not of the same scale as damage caused to the environment during armed conflict, damage caused during occupation is often similar in nature – largely due to those who seek to exploit any governance vacuum and a failure to restore damaged environments. What can human rights offer in helping to protect the environment during occupations? What protection can be offered by an analysis of environmental human rights law?