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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461254603321

Titolo

Gulf War reparations and the UN Compensation Commission [[electronic resource] ] : environmental liability / / edited by Cymie R. Payne and Peter H. Sand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-19-025988-4

1-283-13042-4

9786613130426

0-19-987576-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PayneCymie R

SandPeter H

Disciplina

341.6/6

Soggetti

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Claims

Persian Gulf War, 1991 - Environmental aspects

Liability for environmental damages - Persian Gulf Region

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Environmental claims in context : overview of the institution / C.R. Payne -- The process / J.E. Klee -- Assessment and valuation of damage to the environment / M.T. Huguenin ... [et al.] -- Scientific and technical advice : the perspective of Iraq's experts / L. Wilde -- Oversight of environmental awards and regional environmental cooperation / C.R.Payne -- Points of law / J.R. Allen -- Environmental principles applied / P.H. Sand -- Public health claims / P.H. Sand, J.K. Hammitt -- Institutionalizing peacebuilding : the UNCC, conflict resources, and the future of natural resources in transitional justice / C. Bruch, A. Fishman -- The UNCC as a model for climate compensation / D.A. Farber -- Liability for environmental damages : toward principles of sustainable governance / R. Costanza -- The profound significance of the UNCC for the environment / D.D. Caron.

Sommario/riassunto

In Gulf War Reparations and the UN Compensation Commission: Environmental Liability, experts who held leadership positions and



worked directly with the UNCC draw on their experience with the institution and provide a comprehensive view of the United Nations Compensation Comission and its work in the aftermath of the Gulf War. In this volume, the first of two on the UNCC's work, the authors explain that the United Nations Security Council established the ad hoc compensation commission to address reparations as a component of the ceasefire following Iraq's 1990-91 invasion and occupation of Kuwa