1st Edition
Environmental Change, Forced Displacement and International Law from legal protection gaps to protection solutions
By Isabel M. Borges
Copyright 2019
284 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the increasing concern over the extent to which those suffering from forced cross-border displacement as a result of environmental change are protected under international human rights law. Formally they are not entitled to admission or stay in a third state country, a situation that has been identified as an international "legal protection gap".
The book seeks to provide... Read more
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. From environmental change to human displacement
Chapter 3. Protection Obligations of States under International Human Rights Law and Related Instruments
Chapter 4. Status and Protection Obligations of States under International Refugee Law
Chapter 5. Consolidating Protection for Environmental Displacement
Chapter 6. Conclusion
Biography
Isabel M. Borges is an Adjunct Associate Professor at BI, Department of Law and Governance, the Norwegian Business School and Guest Researcher at the Faculty of Law, Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo, Norway.
