Disaster, Displacement and International Law: Legal Protections in the Context of a Changing Climate

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Autor(a) principal: Cullen, Miriam
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i4.3311
Resumo: As the number of people displaced by disaster reaches record highs, this article describes how international law is relevant to disaster displacement, how refugee law is probably not the answer, and synthesises recent developments into contemporary application. New interpretations of international human rights law have advanced legal protections such that planning and preparedness to address future disasters now form an express component of states’ international legal obligations. At the same time, climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, exacerbating factors that cause disaster and displacement and rendering the effective implementation of international law more difficult. The further ‘othering’ of migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic could stymie the realisation of protections as national governments close borders, anti-immigration sentiment is stoked, and economies decline.
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title Disaster, Displacement and International Law: Legal Protections in the Context of a Changing Climate
spellingShingle Disaster, Displacement and International Law: Legal Protections in the Context of a Changing Climate
Cullen, Miriam
climate change; disaster; displacement; international law; migration
title_short Disaster, Displacement and International Law: Legal Protections in the Context of a Changing Climate
title_full Disaster, Displacement and International Law: Legal Protections in the Context of a Changing Climate
title_fullStr Disaster, Displacement and International Law: Legal Protections in the Context of a Changing Climate
title_full_unstemmed Disaster, Displacement and International Law: Legal Protections in the Context of a Changing Climate
title_sort Disaster, Displacement and International Law: Legal Protections in the Context of a Changing Climate
author Cullen, Miriam
author_facet Cullen, Miriam
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv climate change; disaster; displacement; international law; migration
topic climate change; disaster; displacement; international law; migration
description As the number of people displaced by disaster reaches record highs, this article describes how international law is relevant to disaster displacement, how refugee law is probably not the answer, and synthesises recent developments into contemporary application. New interpretations of international human rights law have advanced legal protections such that planning and preparedness to address future disasters now form an express component of states’ international legal obligations. At the same time, climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, exacerbating factors that cause disaster and displacement and rendering the effective implementation of international law more difficult. The further ‘othering’ of migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic could stymie the realisation of protections as national governments close borders, anti-immigration sentiment is stoked, and economies decline.
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