Università Roma Tre

This seminar will provide students with an overview and understanding of contemporary developments in international law with regard to the protection of the environment, the sustainable use of natural resources, and climate change. Topics to be addressed include the historic evolution of international environmental law (IEL); the main environmental Declarations and treaties; the principles of IEL; problems of enforcement and possible solutions; the relationship between IEL and other bodies of international law (human rights, the law of armed conflict, international economic law); and international judicial cases involving environmental norms. Moreover, the seminar will address the most recent developments in the international climate negotiations, focusing on the outcome of the 2015 Paris Conference, its follow-up, and the remaining challenges.

Students will receive selected articles, excerpts from relevant literature, treaties and documents to read before each class.
P.-M. Dupuy and J. Viñuales, International Environmental Law (Cambridge University Press, 2015)