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• Title:Climate change, forced migration, and international law / Jane McAdam.
  
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• Author/Creator:McAdam, Jane, 1974-
  
• Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KZ6530 .M33 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Environmental refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.
  Climatic changes--Environmental aspects.
  
• Medical Subjects: Climate Change
  
• Description:xviii, 319 pages ; 24 cm.
  
• Summary:This is a key study into whether 'climate change refugees' are protected by international law. It examines the reasons why people do or do not move; how far climate change is a trigger for movement; and whether international responses, such as creating new treaties and new institutions, are appropriate solutions in this context.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780199587087 (hbk.)
  0199587086 (hbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: I. Book's Structure
  1. Conceptualizing Climate Change-Related Movement
  I. Introduction
  II. Nature of Displacement
  III. Importance of Context
  IV. `Invisibility' of Climate Change-Related Movement
  V. Conclusion: A Human Rights Approach
  2. Relevance of International Refugee Law
  I. Introduction
  II. Relevance of the 1951 Refugee Convention
  III. Relevance of Regional Refugee Instruments: OAU Convention and Cartagena Declaration
  IV. Relevance of Refugee Law Concepts
  V. Conclusion
  3. Climate Change-Related Movement and International Human Rights Law: The Role of Complementary Protection
  I. Introduction
  II. Right to Life
  III. Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
  IV. Other Rights that May Give Rise to Complementary Protection
  V. Role of the ICESCR
  VI. Analytical Assessment
  VII. Do States Have Obligations Towards the Displaced under International Environmental Law?
  VIII. Conclusion
  4. State Practice on Protection from Disasters and Related Harms
  I. Introduction
  II. Legislative Protection Responses
  III. Ad Hoc Humanitarian Schemes
  IV. Migration Responses
  V. Conclusion
  5. `Disappearing States', Statelessness, and Relocation
  I. Introduction
  II. Conceptual Problems: Macro versus Micro
  III. Nature of `Disappearance'
  IV. What is a `State'?
  V. Governments in Exile
  VI. Statelessness?
  VII. En Masse Relocation
  VIII. Self-Governing Alternative
  IX. Conclusion
  6. Moving with Dignity: Responding to Climate Change-Related Mobility in Bangladesh
  I. Introduction
  II. Impacts of Climate Change on Movement in Bangladesh
  III. Likely Nature of Movement
  IV. Options for Law and Policy Reform
  V. Conclusion
  7. `Protection' or `Migration'? The `Climate Refugee' Treaty Debate
  I. Introduction
  II. `Climate Refugee' Treaty
  III. Empirical Evidence on Movement
  IV. Multicausality
  V. Political Obstacles to a New Treaty
  VI. Government Advocacy for International Responses
  VII. Migration Options
  VIII. Conclusion
  8. Institutional Governance
  I. Introduction
  II. Spheres of Governance
  III. Institutional Responses
  IV. Regional Responses
  V. Conclusion
  9. Overarching Normative Principles
  I. Introduction
  II. Protection from Natural Disasters
  III. Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
  IV. Suggested Elements of a Guiding Framework
  V. Overarching Normative Principles
  VI. Conclusion.