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ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE

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ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE

Abstract

This article highlights the need to formalize a legal framework regulating the ecocide crime in international law, within the context of climate change that causes a biological diversity crisis in today’s world. Accordingly, this study’s main argument is to advocate for a definition to be adopted at international level, which will encompass elements of the ecocide crime. The study evaluates existing international legal instruments as the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute, highlighting their limitations in adequately addressing environmental harm. Elaborating ecocide with its criminal dimension in international law has a very crucial function for the protection of the elements of biological diversity, particularly, the endangered species which are currently facing with an existential danger in the face of human-induced climate change. The necessity of an international effort to define ecocide is clear. Adoption of a new Jus Cogens rule recognizing the rights of the environment will ensure the legal protection of nature and reinforce sustainable practices on a global scale. There is no doubt that for this to happen, an ecocentric approach that centers on the right to the environment and, more broadly, the legal personality and rights of the planet must be adopted.

Keywords

International law and Ecocide , Climate Change , Biodiversity.

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Bozkurt, K., & Nemec, E. N. (2024). ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE. İnönü Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, 15(2), 350-357. https://doi.org/10.21492/inuhfd.1532651
AMA
1.Bozkurt K, Nemec EN. ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE. İnÜHFD. 2024;15(2):350-357. doi:10.21492/inuhfd.1532651
Chicago
Bozkurt, Kutluhan, ve Elif Naz Nemec. 2024. “ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE”. İnönü Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 15 (2): 350-57. https://doi.org/10.21492/inuhfd.1532651.
EndNote
Bozkurt K, Nemec EN (01 Aralık 2024) ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE. İnönü Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 15 2 350–357.
IEEE
[1]K. Bozkurt ve E. N. Nemec, “ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE”, İnÜHFD, c. 15, sy 2, ss. 350–357, Ara. 2024, doi: 10.21492/inuhfd.1532651.
ISNAD
Bozkurt, Kutluhan - Nemec, Elif Naz. “ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE”. İnönü Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi 15/2 (01 Aralık 2024): 350-357. https://doi.org/10.21492/inuhfd.1532651.
JAMA
1.Bozkurt K, Nemec EN. ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE. İnÜHFD. 2024;15:350–357.
MLA
Bozkurt, Kutluhan, ve Elif Naz Nemec. “ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE”. İnönü Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, c. 15, sy 2, Aralık 2024, ss. 350-7, doi:10.21492/inuhfd.1532651.
Vancouver
1.Kutluhan Bozkurt, Elif Naz Nemec. ADVANCING ECOCIDE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A POTENTIAL LEGAL TOOL FOR SAFEGUARDING ENDANGERED SPECIES AMIDST CLIMATE CHANGE. İnÜHFD. 01 Aralık 2024;15(2):350-7. doi:10.21492/inuhfd.1532651