Submitted by
karen.hulme
on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 20:46
General Information
Resolution
49181
IUCN Constituent
IUCN WCEL Environmental Security and Conflict Law Specialist Group 2021-2025
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025
Period covered
Geographic scope
Global
Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Actors involved in implementing this Resolution:
IUCN Members
Zoological Society of London ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
World Wide Fund for Nature - U.K. ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Conflict and Environment Observatory ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
No
Other non-IUCN related organisations
Environmental peacebuilding Association, International Law Commission members, Conservation International, Pax for Peace, Geneva Call, ICRC
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
We held a series of expert meetings in New York in October 2022 on protected areas in armed conflict, it was a multi-disciplinary discussion which brought together both the military perspective/considerations and that of conservation experts.
Status
Completed
Activity
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Description and results/achievements of activities:
We held 2 webinars in relation to armed conflict and environment topics and have contributed to blog posts and other webinars throughout the year in our roles.
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The chair of the SG was invited to expert meetings held by the ICRC with states, and meetings with other experts in the area to help the ICRC with guidance that they are creating for states on the protection of environmentally protected areas during armed conflict.
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
The chair was invited to speak to members of the European Parliament in relation to protection of the environment in armed conflict, in relation to its own agenda for action on these issues.
Status
Completed
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
We held a UN side event at the UN HQ in New York which engaged with 31 state representatives, the ILC special rapporteurs on the topic of protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict and academics.
Status
Completed
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Research and views from the stakeholder meetings were fed into the work of the SG and are being written up to form guidance for states in line with the requirements of the Resolution.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Capacity-building
Description
We are working with ZSL colleagues and CEOBS and others to convene a conference on environmental protection in armed conflict challenges.
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
We have a workshop organised for June 21/22 in the Hague on corporate liability and due diligence, which will also feed into our work in implementing the resolution, ie to create guidance for states.
Report status
Published