The PERAC Legal Framework: Frequently Asked Questions
Publisher: Conflict and Environment Observatory
Author(s): Doug Weir
Date: 2022
Topics: Governance, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
This autumn, it is expected that governments will adopt a UN General Assembly resolution containing a new normative framework for how the environment should be protected across the cycle of armed conflicts. It will be the most significant advance for the legal framework since the late 1970s and has taken more than a decade to develop. However, as much of this has been done within the UN General Assembly, and its subsidiary bodies, the PERAC framework is not very well known outside of legal circles.
Given its importance, we’d like to try and rectify that. We’ve answered some of the more frequently asked questions we’ve received about PERAC from the media, colleagues and the public. If you have others that aren’t addressed below, do contact us and we’ll try and answer them and include them in this FAQ.