Handling Climate Displacement
$344.81
- Hardcover
234 pages
- Release Date
22 August 2019
Summary
How do we begin to handle the greatest crisis affecting humanity today? Climate change is already causing droughts, flooding, and famine that are forcing people to leave their livelihoods and communities. In the years to come, millions will find their local areas uninhabitable, as mass displacement of people reaches disastrous levels. Handling Climate Displacement explains how climate change has become recognized as a human rights concern, and how human rights are key to managing the crisis. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781108486484 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1108486487 |
| Author: | Khaled Hassine |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 234 |
| Release Date: | 22 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 157mm x 17mm |
About The Author
Khaled Hassine
Khaled Hassine specializes in international and human rights law and has worked extensively on housing, land and property (HLP) rights and redress mechanisms, as well as on land solutions for climate displaced persons. He has advised UN peace operations, research institutes and NGOs, is a member of the HLP Group of the UN Global Protection Cluster, and the UNHCR Livelihoods Advisory Board. He was honored with an Academia award for his outstanding contribution to research on HLP rights and mass claims procedures in post conflict situations. He currently works at the United Nations Secretariat with the UN Human Rights Office.
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