Protection of the Environment in Times of Non-international Armed Conflicts – a Gap to be Filled in

• Authors: Kenig-Witkowska, Maria Magdalena

Abstracts

EN

Environmental protection in times of non-international armed conflicts is not subject to the sectoral or particular protection categories of environmental law and to date it has not been comprehensively regulated by international law. Except for generalities, it was also ignored in the 1992 Rio Declaration Principle 24 of which is not unambiguous in its expression. In fact, only the international humanitarian law of armed conflict contains norms which address the natural environment in times of armed conflicts. On the basis of a review of legal acts addressing the issues of environmental protection in times of non-international conflicts, negative conclusions de lege lata can be drawn as part of an attempt to answer the question whether international law ensures sufficient environmental protection in such circumstances. In the Author’s opinion, in international law there is a gap relating to the protection of the environment in times of non-international armed conflicts; the existing legal regulations which could be applied in these matters have a rudimentary characters.

Keywords

EN

non-international armed conflicts; international armed conflicts; environmental protection; international environmental law; international humanitarian law; customary law; soft law; konflikt zbrojny o charakterze niemiędzynarodowym; międzynarodowe konflikty zbrojne; ochrona środowiska; międzynarodowe prawo środowiska; międzynarodowe prawo humanitarne; prawo zwyczajowe; miękkie prawo

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Studia Iuridica
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 78
• Pages: 184-198

Dates

published

2019-05-28

Contributors

author

Kenig-Witkowska, Maria Magdalena

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.2160