Environmental Refugees: an emerging humanitarian and legal crisis

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Dr. Leila Boghari

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The international community, with its various bodies, is working to develop an international legal system that protects all people as individuals, regardless of their freedoms and rights, be it social, cultural or even environmental, which fall within the framework of the third-generation rights. These rights are unfortunately witnessing serious violations as a result of environmental degradation and climate change. Therefore, it has become a priority for the United Nations, up to the Security Council, to find a legal status for "environmental refugees". Despite the humanitarian solidarity for the victims and a number of initiatives such as the Nanson and Lemoug’s to establish international projects for this category, there is still a lack of international protection of their rights.

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