TY - BOOK AU - Ragheboom,Hélène TI - The International Legal Status and Protection of Environmentally-Displaced Persons: a European Perspective T2 - International Refugee Law Series SN - 9789004317420 AV - KJE6057 .R34 2017 U1 - 342.2408/3 PY - 2017/// CY - Boston PB - BRILL KW - Environmental refugees-Legal status, laws, etc.-European Union countries KW - Human rights-European Union countries KW - Forced migration KW - International law KW - Climatic changes-Social aspects KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- The International Legal Status and Protection of Environmentally-Displaced Persons: A European Perspective -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1: Protecting People Fleeing Indiscriminate Threats: Law and Practice within the European Union -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1 Preliminary Remark: Member States' Obligations under International Human Rights Law are Unaltered by EU Membership -- 2 European Union Law Relevant to Asylum -- 3 Relevant Provisions of International Human Rights Law -- 4 Member States' Non-harmonised Protection Responses -- 5 Conclusions of Part 1 -- Part 2: Testing Existing Refugee Law, Human Rights Law and Practices through the Prism of Environmental Disasters -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 6 Environmentally-Displaced Persons as Beneficiaries of International Protection under Refugee Law? -- 7 Under International Human Rights Law -- 8 State Practice in Response to Disasters and Other Humanitarian Crises -- 9 Conclusions of Part 2 -- Part 3: Exploring Means of Protecting "environmental refugees" in International Law -- Introduction to Part 3 -- 10 Solutions Based on Existing Asylum Law and Relevant Norms International Human Rights Law -- 11 Can (and Should) States be Held Responsible for Environmental Displacement? -- 12 A Sui Generis Framework to Address Environmental Displacement and Migration -- 13 Conclusion of Part 3 -- General Conclusion -- Annex -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - The International Legal Status and Protection of Environmentally-Displaced Persons: A European Perspective examines the applicability of refugee law and international human rights law in situations of environmentally-induced displacement, and explores possible future approaches to addressing the issue UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4901327 ER -