![]() The blog mainly focuses on the eight newly adopted DPs and offers some general remarks on the topic at hand. ![]() Their adoption on first reading is not the end of the process but it is a significant moment as it nears its conclusion. The final version consists of 28 draft principles (DPs), 22 of which had been previously adopted by the Commission, so their text remained unchanged. Eight years later, on the 8 th of July 2019, the Commission adopted its draft principles on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts on first reading. The International Law Commission (ILC) included the topic of the “Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts” (PERAC) on its agenda in 2011. A decision on the harmonisation of the terms ‘environment’ and ‘natural environment’ has been postponed until the draft principles’ second reading.Pure environmental damage is compensable when caused by an internationally wrongful act in relation to armed conflict.More than 25 years after it was first proposed by the Red Cross, the famous Martens clause has been extended to cover the environment.Despite relevant proposals, no draft principle was adopted on the responsibility of non-state armed groups for environmental damage.The eight new draft principles cover issues ranging from human displacement, to corporate environmental conduct, to the pillage of natural resources.As the Commission has now finished the greater part of its involvement with the topic, Stavros Pantazopoulos discusses the eight new draft principles, identifies areas with room for improvement and looks ahead to what comes next. ![]() ![]() Eight of the principles adopted by the Commission in its long-running project were new this year. Meanwhile the international community is awaiting the publication of new environmental rules for militaries that are being prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross. This month, the UN’s International Law Commission has endorsed 28 legal principles intended to enhance protection before, during and after armed conflicts. This year is a defining one for the laws protecting the environment in conflict. ![]()
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