Los olvidados de la movilidad humana: migración y desplazamiento de personas frente al desafío climático y medioambiental

  1. Ascensión García Ruiz 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

Journal:
Crítica penal y poder: una publicación del Observatorio del Sistema Penal y los Derechos Humanos

ISSN: 2014-3753

Year of publication: 2019

Issue Title: La movilidad humana: entre los derechos y la criminalización

Issue: 18

Pages: 134-144

Type: Article

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Abstract

One of ecocide’s most visible consequences is eco-migration, i.e. migration caused by disparate environmental factors, sometimes produced indirectly and at times due to environmental practices on the part of national-transnational corporations as well as distinct problems which appear hugely associated with nature disorganization and inequality on accessing to natural resources. Despite this, there is no international criminal justice system measure to date devoted to protecting the environment from harmful effects of ecocide neither to extending to the suffering of native populations in territories affected by environmental damage resulting in forced migration flows frequently. This work examines the contemporary loophole regarding eco-displacements and climate refugees, highlighting the fact that an Ecocide Act remains outside the borders of environmental law at global level.

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