Environmental justice and the rights of ecological refugees

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Westra Laura
Published: Earthscan,
Publisher Address: London Sterling, VA
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xviii, 302 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781844077977 (hardback)
1844077977 (hardback)
Index Number: D998
CLC: D998.2
Call Number: D998.2/W538
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index.
The question of environmental refugees -- International assistance and the refugee convention's five grounds of persecution -- State protection and state responsibility to ecological refugees -- The five grounds revisited : who are the vulnerable? -- Ecological refugees : protection and rights in international law -- International law beyond the convention on the status of refugees -- Towards a comprehensive approach to protecting refugees and the internally displaced.