Revista de Derecho
Volume 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-108

Environmental refugees: The new challenge in international environmental law [Refugiados ambientales: El nuevo desafío del derecho internacional del medio ambiente] (Article)

Borràs Pentinat S.*
  • a Departamento de Derecho Internacional Público y de Relaciones Internacionales, Facultat de Ciències Jurídiques, Universitat Rovira y Virgili, Av. Catalunya, 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain

Abstract

This article suggests the need to review the legal concept of "refugee" in order to expand it to new social realities, such as those resulting from the degradation of the environment either because of natural causes or human activities. The regulation of the so-called "environmental refugee" by the international law is indispensable to fill a legal vacuum and provide sufficient legal protection to the increasing number of people displaced for environmental reasons.

Author Keywords

International refugee status Environmental protection Environmental refugees

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Link
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ISSN: 07169132
Cited by: 3
Original Language: Spanish