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Informationen zum Autor Laura Westra is Professor Emerita (Philosophy) at University of Windsor, PhD in Law at Osgoode Hall Law School and Adjunct Professor of Social Science at York University, Canada. She is the author of 20 books, including Environmental Justice and the Rights of Unborn and Future Generations (Earthscan, 2006) and Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Earthscan, 2007), and has contributed articles and chapters to over 80 journals and books. Klappentext First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Climate change and other environmental problems are increasingly leading to the displacement of populations from their homelands, whether through drought, flooding, famine or other causes. This title provides an overview of what defines an ecological refugee and their present legal status. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue Part I: Present Refugee Law: Political and Legal Issues and Problems 1: The Question of Environmental Refugees 2: International Assistance and the Refugee Convention's Five Grounds of Persecution 3: State Protection and State Responsibility to Ecological Refugees Part II: Ecological Refugees and Refugee Law: The Interface 4: The Five Grounds Revisited: Who are the Vulnerable? 5: Ecological Refugees: Protection and Rights in International Law Part III: The Way Forward: Existing Legal Instruments and New Provisions 6: International Law Beyond the Convention on the Status of Refugees 7: Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Protecting Refugees and the Internally Displaced
