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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 is currently under consideration by the UN’s International Law Commission, it is being addressed 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.

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On 5 November 2001, the UN General Assembly declared 6 November of each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

Global messages marking #EnvConflictDay 2023

To mark the United Nation’s International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment Through War and Armed Conflict 2023 – #EnvConflictDay, we invited friends and colleagues from areas affected by armed conflicts to share a message. Here’s what they wrote. 

Twitter: #PERAC

#Palestine's evidence to the #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ hearing just now. 🔥

Very cool to hear evidence of the interactions between #ClimateChange and the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts. #PERAC #OPT 💚

The ICC's issued an application for an arrest warrant for Senior General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of the #Myanmar Defence Services, for crimes against humanity against the Rohingya; its text will be interesting... 1/2 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/international-criminal-court-prosecutor-seeks-arrest-warrant-myanmar-military-2024-11-27/ #PERAC

Registration for the 2024 @digieduhack GROMADA Challenges closes on November 8th!

🔗 More Information: https://gromada-erasmus.eu/digieduhack-challenges/

#JoinUs #GROMADAUkraine #DigiEduHack2024 #Challenges #Water #soil #law #Ukraine #Academia #citizenscience #erasmusplus #perac

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