International Criminal Law

International Criminal Law

Climate Crimes under the Microscope of Environmental Justice of the International Criminal Court

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Administrative Science and Economy, Arak University, Arak, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
2 Ph.D, Department of Environmental Law, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Ecocide is one of the most prominent environmental damages that the international criminal court can effectively play a role in this regard. Environmental crimes and beyond that climate crimes have caused a lots of damages to the biosphere. In this regard, environmental degradation, periodic drought, and global warming are among the dangers that have occurred due to climate change, and the fact that violations of international obligations are practically unpunished has caused this problem to become more critical every day. The emission of greenhouse gases and insufficient commitments have added to these miseries and caused this issue to conflict with environmental justice and practically try to put it under the criminological microscope of the advocates of global jurisdiction. The current research seeks to answer the question, how close is the modernization of the international criminal law system to the realization of the criminalization of climate risks in the light of environmental justice? Our findings in this research actually confirm the hypothesis that the existing capacities indicate the realization of climate criminalization, but the international obligations and responsibility of the governments do not match this trend.
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Volume 1, Issue 2
Spring 2023
Pages 1-11

  • Receive Date 03 March 2023
  • Revise Date 02 May 2023
  • Accept Date 06 May 2023