Climate change, forced migration, and international law /

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Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern. With current rises in sea levels and changes to the global climate, it is an issue of fundamental importance to the future of many parts of the world.This book critically examines whether States have obligations to protect people d...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
McAdam, Jane
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Zusammenfassung:
Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern. With current rises in sea levels and changes to the global climate, it is an issue of fundamental importance to the future of many parts of the world.This book critically examines whether States have obligations to protect people displaced by climate change under international refugee law, international human rights law, and the international law on statelessness. Drawing on field work undertaken in Bangladesh, India, and the Pacific island States of Kiribati and Tuvalu, it evaluates whether the phenomenon of 'climate change-
Umfang:
1 online resource (882 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-304) and index.
ISBN:
9786613893390
9780191738494
0191738492
9781283580946
1283580942
9780191627644
019162764X
9780191627651
0191627658
Schlagworte:
Environmental refugees > Legal status, laws, etc.
Climatic changes.
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