Chapter

The ethics, principles and objectives of protection of the environment in times of armed conflict

Michael Bothe

War and the environment : new approaches to protecting the environment in relation to armed conflict

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, 2014

p. 91-108

English

The purpose of this study is to attempt to clarify the ethical requirements concerning the legal protection of the environment in armed conflict. It takes as its starting point a number of assumptions. The first is that there is an ethical underpinning for the law relating to the protection of the environment in armed conflict. The second assumption is that certain principles can be derived from these underpinnings. Finally, the third assumption is that such principles have inspired and continue to inspire the objectives of designing and applying a legal regime. The point of this study is to demonstrate whether, and if so why, these assumptions are correct.

• War and the environment : new approaches to protecting the environment in relation to armed conflict / ed. by Rosemary Rayfuse