International Legal Status and Protection of Environmentally-Displaced Persons: A European Perspective

Hélène Ragheboom, Ph.D. (University of Luxembourg, 2012), has worked as researcher within the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and as desk officer for legal affairs and human rights within Luxembourg's Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

• AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Protecting People Fleeing Indiscriminate Threats: Law and Practice within the European UnionIntroduction to Part 11 Preliminary Remark: Member States’ Obligations under International Human Rights Law are Unaltered by eu Membership2 European Union Law Relevant to Asylum3 Relevant Provisions of International Human Rights Law4 Member States’ Non-harmonised Protection Responses5 Conclusions of Part 1Part 2: Testing Existing Refugee Law, Human Rights Law and Practices through the Prism of Environmental DisastersIntroduction to Part 26 Environmentally-Displaced Persons as Beneficiaries of International Protection under Refugee Law?7 Under International Human Rights Law8 State Practice in Response to Disasters and Other Humanitarian Crises9 Conclusions of Part 2Part 3: Exploring Means of Protecting “environmental refugees” in International LawIntroduction to Part 310 Solutions Based on Existing Asylum Law and Relevant Norms International Human Rights Law11 Can (and Should) States be Held Responsible for Environmental Displacement?12 A Sui Generis Framework to Address Environmental Displacement and Migration13 Conclusion of Part 3General ConclusionAnnexBibliographyIndex