Protecting the Environment During Armed Conflict: An Inventory and Analysis of International Law

Publisher: Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Carl Bruch and Jordan Diamond (UNEP)

Date: 2009

Topics: Weapons, Waste, and Pollution

With a view to identifying the current gaps and weaknesses within the existing legal framework and making recommendations on how they can be addressed, this report reviews the provisions within the four main bodies of international law that provide protection for environment during armed conflict. These include international humanitarian law (IHL), international criminal law (ICL), international environmental law (IEL), and international human rights law (HRL). Each body of law is inventoried and analysed as per the treaties, customary law, soft law and case law it contains on the topic