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Oct82020

Conflicts and conservation – the promise and perils of protected zones

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsOctober 8, 2020

Armed conflicts can have a devastating impact on habitats and wildlife, and historically biodiversity hotspots have been disproportionately affected by warfare. Stavros Pantazopoulos examines whether it is possible to designate such areas as off limits, using protected zones enshrined in law?

Oct52020

Event report – Confronting Conflict Pollution report launch webinar

Blog, Project OneBy ConEnvObsOctober 5, 2020

Event report on the launch webinar for Harvard’s International Human Rights Clinic and CEOBS’ report Confronting Conflict Pollution, which establishes a framework for victim assistance for people affected by toxic remnants of war.

Sep302020

New legal principles argue for greater assistance for victims of toxic remnants of war

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsSeptember 30, 2020

From nuclear weapons testing to oil well fires and sick veterans, new legal principles use the frameworks developed for assisting those harmed by land mines and cluster munitions to inform how we help the victims of conflict and military pollution.

Sep302020

Report: Confronting conflict pollution – principles for assisting victims of toxic remnants of war

Law and policy, Publications, TopicBy ConEnvObsSeptember 30, 2020

Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic and CEOBS have adapted humanitarian disarmament’s norms of victim assistance to the context of toxic remnants of war, with 14 principles designed to establish a framework for assistance.

Sep262020

ICRC | Guidelines on the protection of the natural environment in armed conflict

External Content, Law and policy, TopicBy ConEnvObsSeptember 26, 2020

2020 update to the International Committee of the Red Cross’s 1994 guidelines on international humanitarian law’s provisions for environmental protection during armed conflicts.

Sep92020

Webinar: Launching a new rights-based framework to assist victims of toxic remnants of war

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsSeptember 9, 2020

Webinar to launch a new report from the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic and CEOBS on a newly developed framework to assist victims of toxic remnants of war. September 30th 16:00-17:30 CEST, 10:00-11:30 EST – registration is now open.

Aug252020

Mine action land release policies should promote nature-based solutions

Blog, Blog, Project One, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsAugust 25, 2020

Mine action operators could help to address the climate and biodiversity crises as part of releasing land back to local communities, and re-greening projects in Africa and elsewhere show how this could be done writes Linsey Cottrell.

Jul152020

Tajikistan shows why humanitarian disarmament must adapt to climate change

Blog, Project One, Projects, SliderBy ConEnvObsJuly 15, 2020

Climate change is already influencing humanitarian mine action activities. The experience of Tajikistan is an example of how humanitarian disarmament practices and policies may need to change in response.

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