Alex de Waal | When kleptocracy becomes insolvent: brute causes of the civil war in South Sudan
An explanation of how South Sudan’s system of government led to its civil war.
PAX | Laid to Waste: depleted uranium contaminated military scrap in Iraq
The lack of a clear strategy to deal with the legacy of the use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions in Iraq, from either the Coalition Forces, the Coalition Provisional Authority or the Iraqi government, has resulted in the continued exposure of civilians to DU.
Holding private military contractors to account for toxic remnants of war
This blog investigates the worrying lack of regulation for the Private Military and Security Contractors who have played an increasingly significant role in recent conflicts. Lack of regulation and oversight has lead to serious incidences of environmental harm and with it harm to the health of military personnel, contractors and communities.
ILC | Preliminary report on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts
Report covers the initial phase of the work of the International Law Commission on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, between 2011-2014.
Screening of new military materials for toxicity and environmental harm
This blog considers the use and importance of screening systems for chemicals to identify potential health and environmental risks, in doing so it reviews examples from the civilian and military sphere but finds that standards don’t fully consider the protection of civilians.
Meron Tesfamichael | South Sudan and the complications of state building through peacebuilding
An analysis of the internal struggle to build the state of the new South Sudan and the international community’s assistance, which became a violent civil war of state formation.
UNEP | Natural Resource Management and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
This report looked at the ways in which natural resource management—the institutions, policies and practices that govern land, water, forests, minerals, hydrocarbons—interact with violent conflict in Afghanistan.
Environment General Authority | Libya: The urgent transition to environmental sustainability
This book offered signposts towards achieving Libyan environmental sustainability, finding that Libya was poised to become a world leader in sustainability should it have chosen to.