International Law and Governance of Natural Resources in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107474819)

Natural resource wealth is conducive to a country's development. Nevertheless, the last few decades have shown a harsher reality, where natural resources have also triggered, financed or fuelled a number of internal armed conflicts. Examples include the armed conflicts in Cambodia, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which have been financed with the exploitation of a variety of valuable natural resources, including diamonds, gold, timber, oil and cocoa. The aim of this book is to assess the contribution of international law in ensuring that natural resources are used to promote development and to achieve sustainable peace instead of financing armed conflict. For this purpose, the author discusses the international legal framework for the governance of natural resources in States in general, in situations of armed conflict and as part of conflict resolution and post-conflict peacebuilding efforts.

Author: Daniëlla Dam-de Jong
ISBN-10: 1107474817
ISBN-13: 9781107474819
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2018
Pages: 532
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.03d