REVUE : "Protecting the Environment in Armed Conflict", International Review of the Red Cross (vol. 105, n°924, 2023)

Bruno DEMEYERE

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (vol. 105, n°924, 2023) is out. The theme is: "Protecting the Environment in Armed Conflict". 

Editorial

Bruno Demeyere, Protection of the Environment During Armed Conflict

Interview

Interview with Marja Lehto

Setting the Scene

Helen Obregón Gieseken, Vanessa Murphy, The protection of the natural environment under international humanitarian law: The ICRC’s 2020 Guidelines
Rigmor Argren, The obligation to prevent environmental harm in relation to armed conflict
Catherine-Lune Grayson, Amir Khouzam, Nishanie Jayamaha, Stephanie Julmy, The Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations: Strengthening the humanitarian response to the climate and environment crises
Britta Sjöstedt, Karen Hulme, Re-evaluating international humanitarian law in a triple planetary crisis: New challenges, new tools

Conduct of Hostilities

W. Casey Biggerstaff, Michael N. Schmitt, Protecting the environment in armed conflict: Evaluating the US perspective
Simon Bagshaw, The 2022 Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas: A tool for protecting the environment in armed conflict?
Eve Massingham, Elina Almila, Mathilde Piret, War in cities: Why the protection of the natural environment matters even when fighting in urban areas, and what can be done to ensure protection
Eva Baudichau, Another brick in the wall: Climate change (in)adaptation under the law of belligerent occupation

Protected Areas

Felicia Wartiainen, Time for “environmentarian corridors”? Investigating the concept of safe passage to protect the environment during armed conflict
Jérôme de Hemptinne, Increasing the safeguarding of protected areas threatened by warfare through international environmental law
Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao, Adrian Garside, Doug Weir, Andrew J Plumptre, Protected zones in context: Exploring the complexity of armed conflicts and their impacts on the protection of biodiversity

Accountability and Remedies

Lingjie Kong, Yuqing Zhao, Remedying the environmental impacts of war: Challenges and perspectives for full reparation
Matthew Gillett, Criminalizing reprisals against the natural environment
Wim Zwijnenburg, Ollie Ballinger, Leveraging emerging technologies to enable environmental, monitoring and accountability in conflict zones

Other Actors

Pouria Askary, Katayoun Hosseinnejad, A possible legal framework for the exploitation of natural resources by non-State armed groups
Mara Tignino, Tadesse Kebebew, A galaxy of norms: UN peace operations and protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict

Legal Intersections

Raphaë l van Steenberghe, International environmental law as a means for enhancing the protection of the environment in warfare: A critical assessment of scholarly theoretical frameworks
Catherine O’Rourke, Ana Martin, Gender, conflict and the environment: Surfacing connections in international humanitarian law
Amanda Kron, At the frontlines of implementing the right to a healthy environment: Understanding human rights and environmental due diligence in relation to armed conflicts
Radhika Kapoor, Dustin A. Lewis, The practice of the UN Security Council pertaining to the environment and armed conflict, 1945–2021

About Books

Charlotte Mohr, Librarian’s Pick: Scorched Earth: Environmental Warfare as a Crime against Humanity and Nature, by Emmanuel Kreike
Beyond the Literature: Detention by Non-State Armed Groups under International Law, by Ezequiel Heffes

Selected Articles

Shiri Krebs, Above the law: Drones, aerial vision and the law of armed conflict – a socio-technical approach
Line Baagø-Rasmussen, Carin Atterby, Laurent Dutordoir, Building the case for a social and behaviour change approach to prevent and respond to the recruitment and use of children by armed forces and armed groups

Reports and Documents

Chair’s Summary Report of State Expert Meeting on International Humanitarian Law: Protecting the Environment in Armed Conflicts