Law and policy

Since 2009, there has been renewed international interest in efforts to enhance the weak legal framework intended to protect the environment in relation to armed conflicts (PERAC). The topic has been addressed by the UN’s International Law Commission, and by the International Committee of the Red Cross, and has also been the feature of resolutions at the UN Environment Assembly. Meanwhile, wider questions around environmental security are increasingly on the agenda of the UN Security Council and the war against Ukraine has foregrounded questions of accountability. To learn more about PERAC read our FAQ and our publications.

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In teh left of the image a circular opening to a water well can be seen, the land beyond is arid brown and green under a blue sky. The lower two thirds of a woman can be seen in the right of the image, she is pouring water into jerry cans.

A new political and funding reality for environmental peacebuilding

We are in the middle of an unprecedented reconfiguration of global political attitudes towards the humanitarian-environmental sector. In this blog, we document the ramifications of these changes as recorded in a community survey and online meeting in collaboration with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association.

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A new ECSA working group will explore how environmental #CitSci research in areas affected by conflict could help empower people, groundtruth remote analysis, and contribute towards accountability processes and environmental peacebuilding #PERAC

How is nature impacted by armed conflicts?

Join us to explore this question at this @GVAGrad webinar, together with @GCarbonnierICRC and @HObregonG https://executive.graduateinstitute.ch/events/conflict-and-nature-how-protect-environment #PERAC

Great to join #PERAC #intlaw colleagues in #Morocco for the 4th @iucn_wcel Congress. Our panel will be exploring #biodiversity and armed conflicts, and how multilateral environmental agreements can promote conflict-sensitive conservation in affected areas.

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