Gulf War reparations and the UN Compensation Commission environmental liability
Gulf War reparations and the UN Compensation Commission environmental liability
edited by Cymie R. Payne and Peter H. Sand.
- London Oxford University Press 2011
- 1 online resource (xx, 372 p.) ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume provides a comprehensive view of the UNCC and its work in the aftermath of the Gulf War. It is explained how the United Nations Security Council established the ad hoc compensation commission to address reparations as a component of the ceasefire following Iraq's 1990-91 invasion and occupation of Kuwait. It also describes how the work of the UNCC addressed important questions of state responsibility, environmental liability, mass claims processing, international law, and dispute settlement institutions in the post-armed conflict context.
9780190259884
United Nations Compensation Commission.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Claims.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Environmental aspects.
Liability for environmental damages--Persian Gulf Region.
KZ6795.I72 / G85 2011
341.66
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume provides a comprehensive view of the UNCC and its work in the aftermath of the Gulf War. It is explained how the United Nations Security Council established the ad hoc compensation commission to address reparations as a component of the ceasefire following Iraq's 1990-91 invasion and occupation of Kuwait. It also describes how the work of the UNCC addressed important questions of state responsibility, environmental liability, mass claims processing, international law, and dispute settlement institutions in the post-armed conflict context.
9780190259884
United Nations Compensation Commission.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Claims.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Environmental aspects.
Liability for environmental damages--Persian Gulf Region.
KZ6795.I72 / G85 2011
341.66