The work of the ILC on the environment and armed conflicts: Enhancing protection for the ‘silent victim of warfare’? / Zoom In
The ILC’s Work Stream on Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict
1. Introduction In its 2015 post-conflict environmental assessment on Côte d’Ivoire, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) found that following a decade of armed conflict, significant flora and fauna had been lost from the Comoé UNESCO World Heritage Site and Marahoué National Park (including their populations of lions and elephants), the chimpanzee population of the...