CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Rozowicz, Steven Michael |
|---|---|
| Title | Furthering International Prevention and Protection Regimes Concerning Climatically and Environmentally Displaced Persons |
| Summary | The rate of migration currently exceeds the rate of population growth. This can be linked to a variety of factors, many of which are interrelated in certain instances of movement. One of the biggest types of migration in the world now is ‘forced migration’ or people moving from their homes involuntarily due to push factors. Often, displacement occurs that can be directly attributed to shifts in physical surroundings, for instance a tornado or a tsunami. Other times displacement occurs in areas that have had changes to their physical surroundings yet correlating the shifts and the displacement is beyond the ability of specialists or there are too many factors to disentangle to ensure an accurate identification of the impetus. Unless one of the factors which prompts movement also falls within the limited scope of the 1951 Refugee Convention, Humanitarian Law or Human Rights Law, there is no protection for those displaced, despite no fault of their own. This paper examines why it is difficult to identify people whom were forcibly displaced by ecological shifts, where the institutional gaps lie, and what is stopping the formation and strengthening of an international prevention and protection regime on climactically and environmentally displaced persons. It is the hope of this paper that by identifying the problems associated with the advancement of this regime that a ‘best way forward’ can be identified and progress can be made for the sake of those with no help to turn to. |
| Supervisor | Antypas, Alexios |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/rozowicz_steven.pdf |
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