The legal limits to the destruction of natural resources in non-international armed conflicts: applying international humanitarian law

Bagheri, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9398-8067 (2023) The legal limits to the destruction of natural resources in non-international armed conflicts: applying international humanitarian law. International Review of the Red Cross, 105 (923). pp. 882-913. ISSN 1816-3831 doi: 10.1017/S1816383123000139

Abstract/Summary

This article analyzes whether and to what extent energy resources fulfil the definition of military objective within the meaning of international humanitarian law (IHL) and customary IHL. In order to bring conceptual clarity to the duty to protect the natural environment in armed conflict, the article explores the legal limits to the destruction of energy resources (that are part of the natural environment) controlled by armed non-State actors during non-international armed conflicts (NIACs). It examines the practice of the United States, which characterizes the destruction of the natural environment during hostilities as being related to targets that contribute to the “war-sustaining capability” of enemies. Conceptual light is shed on the legality of attacks on oil refineries and installations during NIACs as a matter for IHL.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/111806
Identification Number/DOI	10.1017/S1816383123000139
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Law
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
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