NEGLECTED VICTIM OF THE ARMENIA–AZERBAIJAN CONFLICT -ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF OCCUPATION

The resolution of the General Assembly stressed the necessity of urgently conducting an environmental operation and called for an assessment of the short- and long-term effects of the fires on the environment of the region and measures for its rehabilitation. [...] In 2019 the ILC adopted in the first reading 28 draft principles.46 Important is the formulation of the title because the words “in relation to” make it obvious that the topic “is not limited to the situation of the armed conflict but seeks to enhance the protection of the environment throughout the conflict cycle: before, during and after the armed conflict.”47 Particularly, the chosen temporal a. [...] Therefore, the preamble of the Hague law states that “the people and the warriors shall remain under the protection of the rule of the principles of international law, as the result from the customs established among common peoples, from the laws of humanity and from the demands of the public conscience.” This demand of the Hague law led to a comprehensive codification of IHL, which is exemplified. [...] 24 NEGLECTED VICTIM OF THE ARMENIA–AZERBAIJAN CONFLICT | Environmental Impacts of Occupation topic of “Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters” in its agenda and concluded the first reading of the draft articles in 2014.69 The momentum that is interesting for this subject of inquiry is the fact that the ILC decided to apply the principle of humanity approach of IHL to access to victims app. [...] In its Opinion on the Palestinian wall, the Court stated that the following instruments should be applied in the Palestinian occupied territories: the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989).83 The problem is that the occupier is not the sovereign of the territory under occupation.