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Category Archives: Law and policy

Sep202023

Commentary: Who cares about the environment in war?

Blog, Law and policy, Slider, TopicBy ConEnvObsSeptember 20, 2023

CEOBS and the PAX Environment, Peace, and Security Project jointly received 2023’s Al-Moumin Award from the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. Accepting the award on CEOBS’ behalf, Doug Weir discusses how CEOBS works to challenge the status of the environment as a silent victim in conflicts.

Aug182023

ICRC | State expert meeting on IHL: protecting the environment in armed conflicts

External Content, Law and policy, TopicBy ConEnvObsAugust 18, 2023

Chair’s summary of a state meeting in early 2023 that reviewed the measures that militaries could take to reduce their impact on the environment,

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.

Jul32020

AOAV | The broken land: The environmental consequences of explosive weapon use

External Content, Law and policy, TopicBy ConEnvObsJuly 3, 2020

Focusing on Syria and Ukraine, AOAV review four key areas of environmental concern to gain some understanding of the environmental consequences from the use of explosive weapons. These areas are unexploded ordnance, agriculture, infrastructural damage, and flora and fauna.

Oct262019

ICRC | International humanitarian law and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts

External Content, Law and policyBy ConEnvObsOctober 26, 2019

This report provides insights into the positions likely to be taken by the ICRC in its revised environmental guidelines for military manuals, which are expected to be published in 2020.

Sep152019

ILC | Report of the ILC to the UN General Assembly

External Content, Law and policy, TopicBy ConEnvObsSeptember 15, 2019

This report contains all 28 draft principles adopted by the ILC at First Reading in July 2019, together with their commentaries.

Jun62019

Gleick | Water as a weapon and casualty of armed conflict: A review of recent water-related violence in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen

External Content, Law and policy, TopicBy ConEnvObsJune 6, 2019

Recent and ongoing conflicts in the MENA have seen the increasing use of water as a weapon and as a target, this paper by the Pacific Institute analyses this trend and considers ways to address it through enhancing protection during conflicts.

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