Climate change, forced migration, and international law
By: Jane McAdam
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780199587087
Subjects: Environmental aspects; Climatic changes; Environmental refugees; Legal status, laws
Description: This is a key study into whether 'climate change refugees' are protected by international law. It examines the reasons why people do or do not move; how far climate change is a trigger for movement; and whether international responses, such as creating new treaties and new institutions, are appropriate solutions in this context.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Conceptualizing climate change-related movement; title: The relevance of international refugee law; title: Climate change-related movement and international human rights law : the role of complementary protection; title: State practice on protection from disasters and related harms; title: "Disappearing states", statelessness, and relocation; title: Moving with dignity : responding to climate change-related mobility in Bangladesh; title: "Protection" or "Migration"? The "climate refugee" treaty debate; title: Institutional governance; title: Overarching normative principles.