Naslov
How Climate Change Redefines Right to Self- Determination? An Example of Small Island States

Autori
Žganec-Brajša, Leon

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, ostalo, znanstveni

Skup
Conference on Human Rights and Climate Change

Mjesto i datum
Online ; Leiden, Nizozemska, 27.01.2022. - 28.01.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
self-determination ; small island states ; sea level rise ; climate change ; statehood

Sažetak
Right to self-determination, being one of the foremost rights of the peoples in the post-World War II system of international law and international relations needs rethinking in the age when sea level rise and climate change are a serious threat to existence of small island nations. Therefore, this article will first look into the traditional definitions of self- determination, formulated in the context where climate change and sea level rise were not a seriously considered issue. Next, it will give an overview of challenges that small island states and their newly relocated populations might face in a struggle to preserve their identity and independence. Finally, it will examine some possible consequences of this process, ranging from agreements with states that could provide shelter for relocated population to recognizing deterritorialized states as subjects of international law.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pravo

Napomena
Organized by Leiden University’s interdisciplinary
seed grant programme ‘Beyond Anthropocentric
Interests and Values? Human Rights and Climate
Change’.

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