Environmental Relations in Armed Conflict (War) Conditions: Assessment of Damage to the Environment and People

Relaciones ambientales en condiciones de conflicto armado (guerra): evaluación del daño al medio ambiente y a las personas

• Tetiana Popovych NALS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2292-4530
• Liliia Andrushchenko NALS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6621-0842
• Victor Olefir NALS of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9969-0595
• Oleksii Shumilo Sumy branch Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Sumy, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0506-4631
• Pavlo Gorinov Ukrainian State Mykhailo Dragomanov University. Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8294-2784

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4177.16

Keywords: political responsibility, human rights, environmental regulation, non-property rights, compensation

Abstract

The purpose of the article was to outline a framework of instructions to determine the amount of damage caused to the environment and people during the armed conflict, and to determine the consequences of such impact on the environment in Ukraine and, internationally. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research is a system of philosophical, general scientific and special methods aimed at obtaining objective and reliable results, in particular: ontological, axiological, integrative and prognostic. It was found that the events of military nature on the territory of Ukraine extremely exacerbated the problem of effectiveness of international and national legal documents. It was established that at the international level since 2014, the state of Ukraine has been defined as an ecological disaster zone. It was determined that there are economic and “environmental” components in the composition of environmental damage. The environmental component is equivalent to moral damage. It is proposed to create (1) special associations for environmental impact assessment after the return of territories under Ukrainian control; (2) an international financial institution to overcome the environmental consequences of armed conflict and occupation; (3) to create a comprehensive system of collecting information on the state of the environment.

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