Sustainable development and the protection of the environment during times of armed conflict
Author zone:
Onita Das
In:
Environmental protection, security and armed conflict : a sustainable development perspective
Editor:
Cheltenham ; Northampton : E. Elgar, 2013
Physical description:
p. 120-182
Languages:
English
Abstract:
This chapter [...] begins by presenting in Section 2, the laws of armed conflict applicable to the protection of the environment during armed conflict (particularly those pertinent to the case-studies); Section 3 explores the First Gulf War ; Section 4 reviews the Kosovo conflict ; and Section 5 briefly considers recommendations for reform. The relevant IHL rules and principles in relations to their scope in protecting the environment during armed conflict are considered form a sustainable development perspective.
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