A conexão do regime ambiental e do direito humanitário em contexto de conflito armado a partir da leitura do Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha

Abstract

Even tough environmental issues took a long time to become a prominent topic on the international agenda, however, wars have always been present throughout history, which has led to greater urgency in the development of humanitarian laws and international humanitarian law. The focus of the work is to analyze how the norms of the environmental regime intertwine with the rules of international humanitarian law governed by the ICRC. The study is carried out through exploratory qualitative research and a detailed study of the document entitled “Guidelines on the Protection of the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict” (2020). Through this analysis, it appears that the main environmental protection mechanisms in the context of armed conflicts are those manifested by humanitarian law. Finally, it can be concluded that these mechanisms are outdated and cannot properly encamps the entire scope necessary to circumvent the way in which the relationship between States is manifested, whose relationships govern, with difficulty, the international environmental regime.