Strengthening the International Law Commission's Newly Adopted Draft Principles on the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict
Publisher: Conflict and Environment Observatory
Date: 2019
Topics: Assessment, Governance, Programming
CEOBS welcomes the adoption of the entire set of the draft principles and their commentaries on the Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts (PERAC) on first reading during the International Law Commission’s (ILC) 2019 session. During this session, the ILC also adopted eight new draft principles. These are the focus of this briefing, which identifies opportunities to strengthen or clarify their terms. In addition, this briefing also highlights two themes that should be further addressed by the Commission and states during the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Committee debate on the work of the ILC. As the PERAC project is nearing its completion, with the final adoption of the draft principles due to take place in 2021, CEOBS urges all states to adopt the outcome of the ILC’s work on PERAC and to begin developing reporting mechanisms to support their implementation