The Application of the Principle of Prevention to land-based sources of marine pollution: an International Law approach

• Authors: Francesco Maletto

Title variants

PL

Zastosowanie zasady prewencji do zanieczyszczenia morza generowanego na lądzie: podejście prawa międzynarodowego

Abstracts

PL

Pomimo faktu, że sprawa zanieczyszczenia mórz, którego źródłem jest aktywność człowieka na lądzie, stanowi jeden z głównych problemów środowiskowych, do tej pory nie doczekała się jasnego i spójnego międzynarodowego ujęcia prawnego. Dlatego też celem niniejszego artykułu jest sprowadzenie wielu fragmentarycznych ujęć do jednej regulacji o statusie międzynarodowym, która byłaby w stanie skutecznie rozwiązywać ten palący problemu. Taka intencja prowadziła autora do skupienia się na zasadzie prewencji, która – chociaż jest fundamentem międzynarodowego prawa – wciąż pozostaje niedookreślona, jeśli idzie o treści normatywne. Mając powyższe na względzie, autor podejmuje próbę zrekonstruowania rzeczywistej treści tej zasady, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem tematyki podjętej w pracy. W tym celu podstawą działania było zidentyfikowanie standardu staranności państw w tej kwestii oraz zweryfikowanie, w jaki sposób taka „należyta staranność” współgra z podstawowymi zasadami i przyczynia się do wypełnienia treści normatywnych. W rezultacie wypracowano jedną prawną regulację z odnowionym potencjałem, szczególnie jeśli idzie o możliwości egzekucyjne.

EN

Despite being a major environmental issue, marine pollution from land-based sources has not been addressed through a clear and coherent international legal framework. The aim of this article is, therefore, to reconduct such fragmented framework to a single international rule, with the potential of effectively tackling the issue. This led the investigation to focus on the Principle of Prevention, which, despite being a cornerstone of international environmental law, has remained quite evanescent as to its normative content. With this in mind, the article attempts to reconstruct the actual content of the rule with specific regard to the issue at stake. In order to do so, it has been essential to identify the standard of “diligence” States are held to in such regard and to verify how such “due diligence” interacts with the primary rule and contributes to fill it with normative content. The result is a single legal rule with a renewed potential, especially in terms of enforcement opportunities.

Keywords

EN

Marine environment; marine pollution; prevention; due diligence; environmental damage

PL

środowisko morskie; zanieczyszczenie morza; prewencja; zniszczenie środowiska naturalnego; należyta staranność

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Opolski
• Journal: Opolskie Studia Administracyjno-Prawne
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 125-148

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Francesco Maletto

• Maastricht University

• https://orcid.org/0009000988161338

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Identifiers

DOI

10.25167/osap.4867

Biblioteka Nauki

18053206