This article explores the extraterritorial implication of environmental pollution, as well as how victims of such environmental pollution can seek adequate remedy and compensation.
Author
Olayinka Oluwamuyiwa Ojo, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
Summary
The impact of environmental pollution and degradation cannot always be contained within the physical territory of a state; therefore, people living in neighbouring states are prone to suffer the brunt of such environmental catastrophes.
Despite the unprecedented development of international environmental law and the emergence of environmental human rights in the 21st century, little attention has been paid to the extraterritorial implication of environmental pollution, as well as how victims of such environmental pollution can seek adequate remedy and compensation. This article will consider these developments and several other relevant issues.
Published in: Environmental Law and Management
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