Animals as Endangered Species

doi:10.1017/9781009057301.009

8 - Animals as Endangered Species

from Part II - The Protection of Animals in International and Non-international Armed Conflicts

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 October 2022

Ayşe-Martina Böhringer and

Thilo Marauhn

Edited by

Anne Peters ,

Jérôme de Hemptinne and

Robert Kolb

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Anne Peters: Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Jérôme de Hemptinne: Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Robert Kolb: Affiliation:
Université de Genève

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This chapter addresses the relevance of the peacetime qualification of some groups of animals as ‘endangered species’ in situations of armed conflict, both international and non-international. The chapter first gives an overview of the lex lata on endangered animal species in international environmental law. It discusses a number of options to enhance the protection of ‘endangered species’ in situations of armed conflict. By way of interpretation and by way of analogy, the rationale of peacetime protection of ‘endangered species’ can be integrated into international humanitarian law. The chapter finally argues that the protection of ‘endangered species’ in situations of armed conflict can be improved by a protection similar to specially protected objects such as cultural objects and livestock.

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endangered species CITES International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources peacetime labelling Red List for Threatened Species civilian objects precaution excessive civilian loss

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Information: Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict , pp. 129 - 149

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009057301.009 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2022

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