Despite the clear link between climate change and human rights with the potential for
virtually all protected rights to be undermined as a result of climate change, its catastrophic …

Sea level rise is one of the primary drivers of global ecosystem change, with significant and
far-reaching consequences for the social and natural environments of islands. The …

Purpose It has been estimated that some Small Island Developing States might have only
decades before their territories become uninhabitable. Future of these states poses timely …

Sea levels are rising. Within our lifetimes, several low-lying island states will be submerged.
Until recently, the dominant position in legal circles has been that sinking island states lose …

Climate-change–induced sea-level rise threatens the very existence of Small Island
Developing States. Not only will this crisis create extreme climate conditions that can …

International law formally acknowledges the existence of some nations that have a small
population and a small land mass, for example, Liechtenstein and the Pacific nations of …

In 1945, the small Banaban community of Ocean Island (Banaba) in present-day Kiribati was
relocated to Rabi Island in Fiji. The Balabans were ostensibly moved due to irreversible …

В настоящей статье автором проанализировано формирование механизмов
международно-правовой ответственности государств за вред, причиненный …

Loss and damage have become an important element of global climate negotiations. For
many Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and other vulnerable societies loss and …

This ground-breaking book challenges legal orthodoxy, presenting an original approach to
the treatment of islands in international law. It offers a new perspective on how to define …