1st Edition

Repairing Domestic Climate Displacement The Peninsula Principles

Edited By Scott Leckie, Chris Huggins Copyright 2016
198 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

Climate change, sometimes thought of as a problem for the future, is already impacting people’s lives around the world: families are losing their homes, lands and livelihoods as a result of sea level rise, increased frequency and intensity of storms, drought and other phenomena. Following several years of preparatory work across the globe, legal scholars, judges, UN officials and climate change... Read more

Foreword Justice Kevin Bell, Supreme Court of the State of Victoria, Australia  1. Using Human Rights to Resolve the Climate Displacement Problem: The Promise of the Peninsula Principles Scott Leckie  2. A Rights-Based Approach to Climate Displacement Khaled Hassine  3. A Brief Overview of the Drafting of the Peninsula Principles David Hodgkinson  4. The Preamble Bruce Burson  5. General Obligations Bonnie Docherty  6. Climate Displacement Preparation and Planning Robin Bronen  7. The Responsibilities of States to Protect Climate Displaced Persons Ezekiel Simperingham  8. Post-Displacement and Return Simon Bagshaw  9. Implementation Khaled Hassine  10. Some Observations and Conclusions Scott Leckie

Biography

Scott Leckie is the Founder and Director of Displacement Solutions; Visiting Professor at Australian National University, Canberra  and Senior Fellow at Melbourne University Law School, Melbourne, Australia.

Chris Huggins is a member of the Association of American Geographers and is Adjunct Professor at Carleton University, Canada.