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In The International Legal Status and Protection of Environmentally-Displaced Persons: A European Perspective, Hélène Ragheboom addresses the topical issue of displacement caused by environmental factors and analyses in particular whether affected persons, who are unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin due to the severe degradation of their living environment, could or, in the negative, should receive some form of international protection within the European Union. The author provides a detailed analysis of relevant instruments of refugee law and international human rights law, and explores possible future approaches to addressing the phenomenon of environmental displacement, ranging from constructive interpretations of existing norms to the allegedly preferable creation of a multidisciplinary sui generis framework.

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Author:   Hélène Ragheboom
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   8
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004317413

ISBN 10:   9004317414
Pages:   684
Publication Date:   20 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: Protecting People Fleeing Indiscriminate Threats: Law and Practice within the European Union Introduction to Part 1 1 Preliminary Remark: Member States’ Obligations under International Human Rights Law are Unaltered by eu Membership 2 European Union Law Relevant to Asylum 3 Relevant Provisions of International Human Rights Law 4 Member States’ Non-harmonised Protection Responses 5 Conclusions of Part 1 Part 2: Testing Existing Refugee Law, Human Rights Law and Practices through the Prism of Environmental Disasters Introduction to Part 2 6 Environmentally-Displaced Persons as Beneficiaries of International Protection under Refugee Law? 7 Under International Human Rights Law 8 State Practice in Response to Disasters and Other Humanitarian Crises 9 Conclusions of Part 2 Part 3: Exploring Means of Protecting “environmental refugees” in International Law Introduction to Part 3 10 Solutions Based on Existing Asylum Law and Relevant Norms International Human Rights Law 11 Can (and Should) States be Held Responsible for Environmental Displacement? 12 A Sui Generis Framework to Address Environmental Displacement and Migration 13 Conclusion of Part 3 General Conclusion Annex Bibliography Index

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Hélène Ragheboom, Ph.D. (University of Luxembourg, 2012), has worked as researcher within the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and as desk officer for legal affairs and human rights within Luxembourg's Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

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