The civilization that human race enjoys today is the achievement accomplished through ceaseless challenges of humankind. However, the balance in nature has been disturbed consequently. Disasters resulting from environmental destruction are phenomena we are witnessing at present, rather than those that will appear in the future, and calamities caused by abnormal weather phenomena become more frequent and more serious year after year. Therefore, the international society urgently needs to join efforts and take countermeasures so as to control the acceleration of global warming and protect the Earth from environmental destruction. Appropriate measures shall be also taken to assist and protect disadvantaged groups of environmental refugees(climate refugees) who have to leave their habitual homes in a "critical situation in which they are forced to leave or to die" due to any environmental factor. The term "environmental refugees" is still highly controversial but is used here in this study to define people who are forced to leave their existing dwellings or have no choice but to depart from the country of their nationality due to global climate change or any huge natural disaster. Since the occurrence of environmental refuges might become a potential threat to the security of the international society, it is necessary to protect and assist them under an agreement of the international society. Furthermore, it is also necessary to assist them in enjoying their rights essential for living as human beings in terms of the protection of human rights with more care and attention for protecting them in brotherhood with humanitarian conscience.
목차
I. Introduction II. Aspect of the Earth by Climate Change 1. Aspect of the Earth 2. Climate Change and Environmental Refugees 3. Occurrence of Environmental Refugees III. Conclusion Bibliography [ABSTRACT]
동국대학교 비교법문화연구원 [The Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Culture]
설립연도
2000
분야
사회과학>법학
소개
본 연구소에서는 세계 각국의 새로운 법률제도를 그때그때 입수하여 이를 소개하고 한국 실정에 접목가능성을 연구·분석한다. 아울러 본 연구소는 국내의 각종 학술단체, 연구소, 연구기관과의 교류를 증진함은 물론 외국대학의 연구소와 공동연구를 통해 외국의 법문화와 학풍을 소개함으로써 대외적인 학풍선양에도 기여하게 함을 목적으로 한다.