This book brings together research on various aspects of environmental migration in the context of international law, with a particular focus on the emergence and development of regulation in the field of environmental migration at the global and regional levels. It discusses a theoretical framework for international regulation of environmental migration, analysing the notion and legal status of environmental migrants, categories of environmentally displaced persons, problems of legal regulation in the field of environmental migration at the international level, as well as specific circumstances of international labour migration induced by environmental factors.The annexes here bring together the most important international acts governing various aspects of forced and labour migration.As such, the book will appeal to international law experts, students, post-graduate students, researchers, and the general reader interested in international migration law.
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Chapter Two International Regulation of Environmental Migration in a Historical Context |
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2.1 Environmental Migration at the Universal Level |
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2.2 Environmental Migration at the Regional Level |
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Chapter Three The Theory of International Regulation in the Field of Environmental Migration |
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3.1 The Notion of an Environmental Migrant |
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3.2 Categories of Environmental Migrants |
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3.4 The Legal Status of Environmental Migrants |
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3.5 Labour Migration Caused by Environmental Factors |
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| Conclusion |
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| Annex A Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees |
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| Annex B Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees |
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| Annex C CIS Agreement on Aid to Refugees and Forced Migrants (24 September 1993) |
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| Annex D Determination of Refugee Status. UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusion No. 8 (XXVIII), 1977 |
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| Annex E Temporary Refuge. UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusion No. 19 (XXXI), 1980 |
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| Annex F Protection for Asylum-Seekers in Situations of Large-Scale Influx. UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusion No. 22 (XXXII), 1981 |
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| Annex G Comprehensive and Regional Approaches within a Protection Framework. UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusion No. 80 (XLVII), 1996 |
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| Annex H International Cooperation and Burden and Responsibility Sharing in Mass Influx Situations. UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusion No. 100 (LV), 2004 |
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| Annex I The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948 |
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| Annex J United Nations Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (18 December 1990) |
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Dmitry V. Ivanov has a PhD in Law, and is Associate Professor of the International Law Chair at the International Law Faculty of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), Russia. Specializing in various aspects of international migration law and human rights, he is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board on International Law Matters of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Moscow Journal of International Law. He is also the author and co-author of various books and articles in professional legal magazines on international law.Damir K. Bekyashev has a PhD in Law, and is Associate Professor of the International Law Chair at the International Law Faculty of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), Russia. Specializing in international labour law, problems of labour migration in international law, and international maritime law, he has participated in UN, FAO and ILO conferences, technical consultations, forums and working groups. He is the author and co-author of five books on international law, a number of textbooks, including International Labour Law: Public Law Aspects (2013), and over 100 articles in professional legal magazines.
