THE ROLE OF THE PRINCIPLES AND CONVENTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN TIMES OF ARMED CONFLICT

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Dr. Boughanem Ahmed

Abstract

Armed conflicts revealed to us through the various develop human being's life on this globe, that the natural environment as a common heritage of humanity was a victim of these conflicts, so this study aimed at determining the most significant principles and convention of international humanitarian law related to the topic environment protection in times of armed conflict.


        This study concluded that despite the harmony of principles and conventions of international humanitarian law between environmental protection and humanitarian protection with its different elements. However, wars in the light of current technology have revealed numerous of violations concerning the natural environment.

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