International Environmental Law

Dr. Ulrich Beyerlin; Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn

doi:10.5771/9783845265582

Summary

Dieses Buch zum internationalen Umweltrecht zielt auf ein neues Verständnis des Umweltrechtes ab, und zwar im Lichte des Klimawechsels, des Verlustes an biologischer Vielfalt (Biodiversität) und aller sonstigen Herausforderungen, die die akuten Veränderung der globalen Umwelt mit sich bringen. Das Buch konnte trotz der Vielzahl von Fragen und Themen dank einer sorgfältigen Auswahl der behandelten Gegenstände und einer bereichsübergreifenden Synthese der regulatorischen Interaktionen knapp gehalten werden. Damit stellen die Autoren das internationale Umweltrecht in einen breiteren Kontext zum allgemeinen Völkerrecht und lassen gleichzeitig erkennen, dass es sich beim internatonalen Umweltrecht um ein interessantes Experimentierfeld zur Entwicklung neuer rechtlicher Ansätze in Richtung einer Weltordnungspolitik (global governance) handelt.

Vorteile auf einen Blick:

idealer "Türöffner" für weitere Studien auf dem Gebiet des internationalen Umweltrechts

knapp und klar

lehrbuchartiger Aufbau erleichtert den Zugang

Inhalt:

Neben der Darstellung der Grundlagen des internationalen Umweltrechts, der Rechtsetzung und Rechtdurchsetzung macht das Werk Vorschläge zur Verbesserung der Koordination, der Harmonisierung und Integration bestehender multilateraler Umweltübereinkommen. Es stellt dar, wie Konflikte zwischen den verschiedenen Umweltregimen vermieden, zumindest aber angemessen behandelt werden können. Die Autoren zeigen, dass ein angemessenes Management internationaler Umweltbeziehungen das Nord-Süd-Gefälle als wesentlich für die Beseitigung der Hindernisse für eine globale Zusammenarbeit zu berücksichtigen hat. Schließlich behandeln die Autoren auch die wachsende Bedeutung der Menschenrechte für das internationale Umweltrecht.

Search publication

Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-3-406-62874-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-6558-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart – Nomos
Language: English
Pages: 453
Product type: Comment

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XXXII
1. 1. Early Stages and the Interwar Period No access
  2. From 1945 to 1972 No access
2. 1. The Stockholm Conference No access
  2. Impacts of the North–South Divide on International Environmental Law No access
  3. International Treaty Practice since 1972 No access
  4. Other Activities No access
3. 1. The Rio Conference No access
  2. 1. The Concept of ‘Sustainable Development’ No access
    2. Legally Non-Binding Instruments No access
    3. Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) No access
    4. Institutional Innovations No access
    5. Rio Evaluated No access
  3. Post-Rio Process No access
4. 1. The Johannesburg Summit No access
  2. 1. ‘Type 1 Outcome’: The Political Declaration and the Plan of Implementation No access
    2. ‘Type 2 Outcome’: Partnership Initiatives No access
    3. Johannesburg Evaluated No access
  3. From Johannesburg to Copenhagen (2009) No access
1. 1. ‘Key Concepts’ of International Environmental Law: Meaning and Role No access
  2. 1. Solidarity No access
    2. Justice No access
  3. Classifi cation of International Environmental Law Norms No access
2. 1. Historical Development No access
  2. Function and Normative Quality No access
  3. 1. Preventing Signifi cant Transboundary Harm No access
    2. No Balancing of Interests No access
    3. Disregard of ‘Due Diligence’ No access
    4. Standard and Burden of Proof No access
    5. Status No access
  4. 1. Contents and Scope No access
    2. Status No access
  5. Breach of the ‘No Harm’ Rule No access
3. 1. Historical Development No access
  2. 1. Multilateral Environmental Agreements No access
    2. Decisions of International Courts No access
  3. Conception and Meaning No access
  4. Effects No access
  5. Normative Quality and Status No access
4. 1. Origin No access
  2. Applicability and Meaning No access
  3. Normative Quality and Status No access
5. 1. Historical Development of CBDR No access
  2. Underlying Ideas and Conceptual Approach of CBDR No access
  3. Interpretation of CBDR No access
  4. 1. Reference to CBDR in Single MEAs No access
    2. Conditionality of Environmental Protection and Compliance Assistance? No access
  5. Normative Quality and Status No access
  6. CBDR and Future North–South Co-operation No access
6. 1. Historical Development No access
  2. Meaning and Function No access
  3. Normative Quality and Status No access
  4. Sustainable Use—A Special Emanation of Sustainable Development No access
  5. Sustainable Development—An Approach for Bridging the North–South Divide No access
1. 1. Survey No access
  2. Case Law No access
  3. 1. The UN Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses No access
    2. The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes No access
    3. The 2008 Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers No access
  4. 1. Africa No access
    2. America No access
    3. Asia No access
    4. Europe No access
    5. Middle East No access
  5. Conclusions No access
2. 1. Survey No access
  2. The Legal Framework: UNCLOS No access
  3. 1. State of the Marine Environment No access
    2. All Types of Pollution No access
    3. Pollution from Ships No access
    4. Pollution by Dumping of Wastes No access
    5. Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Atmospheric Pollution No access
    6. Pollution from Sea-Bed Activities No access
    7. Intervention in Case of Marine Pollution Incidents No access
  4. 1. State of the Marine Living Resources No access
    2. Fish No access
    3. Mammals No access
  5. Conclusions No access
3. 1. Survey No access
  2. 1. LRTAP Convention and Related Protocols No access
    2. Canada–US Air Quality Agreement No access
  3. 1. Ozone Convention No access
    2. Montreal Protocol No access
  4. 1. Climate Change Convention No access
    2. Kyoto Protocol No access
    3. From Kyoto to Copenhagen: Building a Post-2012 Climate Protection Regime No access
  5. Outer Space Activities and Environmental Protection No access
  6. Conclusions No access
4. 1. Survey No access
  2. 1. The Protection of Habitat No access
    2. Regulating Trade in Endangered Species: CITES No access
    3. Protecting Migratory Species No access
    4. Other Instruments No access
  3. 1. The Biodiversity Convention No access
    2. Access and Benefi t-Sharing: Bonn Guidelines and Nagoya Protocol No access
    3. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources No access
    4. Trading Genetic Material: The Biosafety Protocol No access
  4. Forests No access
  5. Soil No access
  6. Conclusions No access
5. 1. Survey No access
  2. 1. The Basel Convention No access
    2. The Bamako Convention No access
  3. 1. The Rotterdam Convention No access
    2. The Stockholm Convention No access
    3. Conventions on Nuclear Materials No access
  4. Conclusions No access
6. 1. Basic Observations No access
  2. 1. Situations of Likely Transboundary Environmental Harm No access
    2. Situations of Transboundary Environmental Emergency No access
  3. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) No access
  4. 1. ‘Public Participation’ in General No access
    2. The Aarhus Convention No access
  5. Conclusions No access
1. 1. Theoretical Premises and Policy Framework No access
  2. 1. States No access
    2. International Organisations No access
    3. Treaty Bodies No access
    4. Private Actors No access
  3. 1. Law-Making, Implementation and Ways to Ensure Compliance No access
    2. Treaty-Based Legislative Environmental Governance No access
    3. Treaty-Based Administrative Environmental Governance No access
  4. Multilevel Governance No access
2. 1. 1. Procedural Aspects No access
    2. Substantive Aspects No access
  2. Levels of Treaty-Making No access
  3. 1. ‘Framework Convention and Protocol Approach’ No access
    2. ‘Convention and Annexes Approach’ No access
  4. 1. Amendments of Treaties and Protocols No access
    2. Amendments and Adjustments of Annexes No access
    3. COPs’ Decision-Making Procedures No access
  5. 1. Parallel, Overlapping and Confl icting MEAs No access
    2. Article 30 VCLT; Lex Posterior and Lex Specialis; Harmonising Treaty Interpretation No access
    3. Treaty Co-ordination by Means of Interinstitutional Co-operation No access
3. 1. 1. Meaning and Function of Customary International Law No access
    2. Formation of Customary International Law No access
  2. 1. The Dynamics of Customary International Environmental Law No access
    2. Examples of Existing or Emerging Rules of Customary International Environmental Law No access
  3. Environmental Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes No access
4. 1. Theoretical Premises No access
  2. Legally Non-Binding Agreements between States No access
  3. Interinstitutional Non-Legal Arrangements No access
  4. Recommendations of International Organisations No access
5. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. NGO Involvement in Environmental Treaty-Making No access
    2. Private Actor Contributions to the Development of Non-Treaty Norms No access
  3. 1. Distinguishing Environmental Standards from Environmental Law-Making No access
    2. Categorising Standards No access
    3. Ensuring Compliance with Private Standards No access
    4. Inherent Limitations of Private Standard-Setting No access
  4. 1. The Emergence of Partnerships in International Environmental Law No access
    2. Partnerships in Practice No access
    3. Assessing the Contribution of Partnerships to International Environmental Governance No access
1. 1. Compliance Control and Assistance as ‘Active Treaty Management’ No access
  2. The Legal Basis of Compliance-Control Procedures No access
  3. 1. Trigger Mechanisms No access
    2. Verifi cation No access
    3. Evaluation No access
    4. Measures in Response to Non-Compliance No access
    5. Procedural Principles and Safeguards No access
  4. Institutional Setting No access
  5. Conclusions No access
2. 1. The Concept of Compliance Assistance No access
  2. 1. Capacity-Building No access
    2. Transfer of Technology No access
    3. Financial Mechanisms No access
  3. Conditionality of Assistance No access
  4. 1. Tailor-Made Institutions No access
    2. The Global Environment Facility No access
  5. Conclusions No access
3. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. 2001 ILC Draft Articles No access
    2. Case Law No access
  3. State Liability No access
  4. 1. Oil Pollution and Other Hazardous Substances No access
    2. Nuclear Energy No access
    3. Wastes No access
    4. The 1993 Liability Convention No access
  5. Conclusions No access
4. 1. Survey No access
  2. Non-Judicial Dispute Settlement No access
  3. 1. The ICJ and Other Permanent International Courts No access
    2. International Arbitration No access
    3. Quasi-Judicial Dispute Settlement No access
  4. Dispute Settlement and Compliance Control No access
1. 1. Environmental Human Rights Protection in General No access
  2. 1. United Nations No access
    2. Africa No access
    3. Americas No access
    4. Asia No access
    5. Europe No access
  3. Environmental Rights of Indigenous Peoples No access
  4. Rights of Environmental Migrants No access
2. 1. Peace, Security and the Environment: A Multifaceted Relationship No access
  2. 1. Treaty Law Applicable to International Armed Confl icts No access
    2. Customary Law Applicable to International Armed Confl icts No access
    3. The Law Applicable to Non-International Armed Confl icts No access
  3. The Applicability of MEAs in Times of Armed Confl ict No access
  4. Environmental Impact of Arms Control and Disarmament Obligations No access
  5. Conclusions No access
3. 1. Confl ict or Complementarity? No access
  2. 1. The Development of WTO Law No access
    2. The GATT Treaty Framework No access
    3. Case Law Related to Article XX GATT No access
    4. The TBT and the SPS Agreements No access
    5. The WTO Committee on Trade and Environment No access
    6. The Relationship between WTO Agreements and MEAs No access
  3. Trade Issues beyond the WTO No access
  4. International Financial Institutions No access
  5. Conclusions No access
1. Current State of Global Environmental Co-operation No access
2. Reasons for Defi cient Environmental Co-operation No access
3. North–South Dichotomy No access
4. Current Challenges and Trends in Global Environmental Co-operation No access
5. Ensuring More Effective Treaty Compliance No access
6. Ways and Means to Enhance International Environmental Law No access
Index No access Pages 448 - 453