All Outputs (8)

Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding (2023)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2023). Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding. In D. Dam-de Jong, & B. Sjöstedt (Eds.), Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding. Edward Elgar Publishing

In the face of various post-conflict challenges and conflicting priorities, it is tempting in the short term to dismiss environmental issues or setting them aside for later. However, taking this stance is short sighted as bringing in natural resource... Read More about Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding.

Protecting the environment during multinational military operations (2019)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2019). Protecting the environment during multinational military operations. In The 'Legal Pluriverse' Surrounding Multinational Military Operations. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198842965.001.0001

The chapter examines issues concerning the protection of the environment during multinational military operations. Taking into consideration the International Law Commission’s (ILC) recent work regarding the protection of the environment in relation... Read More about Protecting the environment during multinational military operations.

Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCs) and environmental protection in jus post bellum: Policy and regulatory challenges (2017)
Book Chapter
Das, O., & Kellay, A. (2017). Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCs) and environmental protection in jus post bellum: Policy and regulatory challenges. In C. Stahn, J. Iverson, & J. Easterday (Eds.), Environmental Protection and Transitions from Conflict to Peace. Oxford: Oxford University Press

A challenge to environmental protection and the jus post bellum framework is the rise in Private Security Companies and other Private Security Service Providers (PSCs). The marked increase in the outsourcing of vast amount of operational and logistic... Read More about Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCs) and environmental protection in jus post bellum: Policy and regulatory challenges.

Natural resources, conflict and investment: Conflict minerals in the democratic republic of Congo and the challenges to sustainable investment (2017)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2017). Natural resources, conflict and investment: Conflict minerals in the democratic republic of Congo and the challenges to sustainable investment. In S. Alam, J. H. Bhuiyan, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability. Routledge

‘Since 1990, at least 18 violent conflicts have been fuelled by the exploitation of natural resources such as timber, minerals, oil and gas. Sometimes this is caused by environmental damage and the marginalization of local populations who fail to be... Read More about Natural resources, conflict and investment: Conflict minerals in the democratic republic of Congo and the challenges to sustainable investment.

'Climate change and armed conflict: Challenges and opportunities for maintaining international peace and security through climate justice' (2016)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2016). 'Climate change and armed conflict: Challenges and opportunities for maintaining international peace and security through climate justice'. In R. S. Abate (Ed.), Climate Justice: Case Studies in Global and Regional Governance Challenges. Washington D.C.: ELI (Environmental Law Institute)

According to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, “[c]limate change not only exacerbates threats to international peace and security, it is a threat to international peace and security.” Scientific forecasts have determined that climate change causes di... Read More about 'Climate change and armed conflict: Challenges and opportunities for maintaining international peace and security through climate justice'.

Land grabbing: New challenges for food security and the environment (2014)
Book Chapter
Das, O., & Grant, E. (2014). Land grabbing: New challenges for food security and the environment. In M. Vilela, & L. Westra (Eds.), The Earth Charter, Ecological Integrity and Social Movements (103-116). UK: Routledge

Environmental protection in armed conflict: filling the gaps with sustainable development (2014)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2014). Environmental protection in armed conflict: filling the gaps with sustainable development. In R. Rayfuse (Ed.), War and the Environment: New Approaches to Protecting the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict (129-155). UK: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004270657

The impact of armed conflict on sustainable development: A holistic approach (2010)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2010). The impact of armed conflict on sustainable development: A holistic approach. In N. Quenivet, & S. Shah-Davis (Eds.), International Law and Armed Conflict: Challenges in the 21st Century (1). Asser Press

While a more traditional approach to international law and armed conflict focuses on the use of force and international humanitarian law, this book incorporates other international legal regimes such as human rights law, international private law, in... Read More about The impact of armed conflict on sustainable development: A holistic approach.