State Accountability for Environmental Damage in International Armed - Conflic

The book comprehensively analyses whether a state may be held responsible for environmental damage resulting from its wrongful conduct in international armed conflict. It will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of international law, the law of armed conflict, environmental, water and human rights law.

List of contents

1. General Context
2. State responsibility for environmental war damage under the law of armed conflict
3. State responsibility for environmental damage during occupation under the law of occupation
4. State responsibility under international environmental law for environmental damage in international armed conflict
5. Environment under war: Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon 2006
6. Environment under occupation: Occupied Palestinian Territory
7. In the aftermath of international armed conflicts

About the author

A¿da Tamer Chammas is an independent international law researcher. After graduating from University Paris II, Panthéon-Assas and further studies at the Fletcher School, Boston, she practiced as a finance lawyer in Paris, before moving to London in 1996. Her current research interests, developed during an LLM and PhD at the University of London, SOAS Law School, cover mainly international environmental law, the law of armed conflict including war and occupation and public international law issues. She was an alternate member of the International Law Association Committee on Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance between 2018 and 2022.

Product details

• Authors: Aida Tamer Chammas, Aïda Tamer Chammas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2025
• EAN: 9780367414825
• ISBN: 978-0-367-41482-5
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, LAW / International, International Law, Pollution & threats to the environment, Social Law, Environment law, Pollution and threats to the environment, Armed Conflict, Social law and Medical law