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Environmental degradation and human rights abuses: Does the Refugee Convention confer protection to environmental refugees?

The article deals with the impact of the multinational companies in the indigenous territories, situation that is creating a new kind of casualty —the environmental refugee—. The development of the multinational companies highly contribute to the violation, inter alias, of the right to life and health of vulnerable social groups. Environmental displacement affects millions of … Continue reading Environmental degradation and human rights abuses: Does the Refugee Convention confer protection to environmental refugees?