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Author Westra, Laura
Title Environmental justice and the rights of ecological refugees / Laura Westra
Publ Info London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009
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 Law Library  K3230.R45 W47 2009  DUE 02-16-10
Descript xviii, 302 p. ; 25 cm
Contents The question of environmental refugees -- International assistance and the refugee convention's five grounds of persecution -- State protection and state responsibility to ecological refugees -- The five grounds revisited : who are the vulnerable? -- Ecological refugees : protection and rights in international law -- International law beyond the convention on the status of refugees -- Towards a comprehensive approach to protecting refugees and the internally displaced
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index
Subject(S) Environmental refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc
Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc
Environmental justice
Human rights