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Britta Sjöstedt

Senior lecturer

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Protecting the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict - The Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Author

  • Britta Sjöstedt

Summary, in English

This thesis examines how environmental treaties, also referred to as multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), can enhance the protection of the environment during armed conflicts of both international and non-international character. The examination also covers the immediate aftermath of armed conflicts. Most of the previous research has focused on the application of the law of armed conflict and customary international environmental law to address the issue of wartime environmental damage. However, there appears to be a knowledge gap on how MEAs can operate in relation to armed conflicts. I argue that MEAs present a missed opportunity to strengthen environmental protection in relation to armed conflict, both at an institutional and a normative level. I explore this opportunity by studying the operation of the World Heritage Convention and the Ramsar Convention in relation to armed conflict.

Department/s

  • Department of Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Public International Law

Publishing year

2016

Language

English

Document type

Dissertation

Publisher

Lund University (Media-Tryck)

Topic

  • Law

Keywords

  • environmental law
  • public international law
  • international humanitarian law
  • folkrätt
  • miljörätt
  • internationell humanitär rätt

Status

Published

Research group

  • Environmental Law
  • Public International Law

Supervisor

  • Ulf Linderfalk
  • Marie Jacobsson

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-91-7623-782-3