Wednesday, April 10, 2013

New Issue: Nordic Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Nordic Journal of International Law (Vol. 82, no. 1, 2013) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Issue: War and the Environment: International Law and the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict
    • Rosemary Rayfuse, Introduction to the Special Issue
    • Dieter Fleck, The Protection of the Environment in Armed Conflict: Legal Obligations in the Absence of Specific Rules
    • Cordula Droege & Marie-Louise Tougas, The Protection of the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict – Existing Rules and Need for Further Legal Protection
    • Erik V. Koppe, The Principle of Ambituity and the Prohibition against Excessive Collateral Damage to the Environment during Armed Conflict
    • Carson Thomas, Advancing the Legal Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict: Protocol I’s Threshold of Impermissible Environmental Damage and Alternatives
    • Onita Das, Environmental Protection in Armed Conflict: Filling the Gaps with Sustainable Development
    • Britta Sjöstedt, The Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Armed Conflict: ‘Green-keeping’ in Virunga Park. Applying the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in the Armed Conflict of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Daniëlla Dam-de Jong, From Engines for Conflict into Engines for Sustainable Development: The Potential of International Law to Address Predatory Exploitation of Natural Resources in Situations of Internal Armed Conflict