From Shipbreaking to Sustainable Ship Recycling

Evolution of a Legal Regime
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-17491-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 169 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 650 g

Reihe: Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development

Ship recycling conserves resources, employs an unskilled workforce, and removes outdated tonnage. Operating mainly on the Indian subcontinent, this ‘primitive’ industry often results in loss of human life and pollution of the marine environment. Despite moral indignation, the international community has struggled to manage this industry and only recently completed the IMO International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. Using the Indian experience on shipbreaking as a case study, this book assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Convention. The author argues that the Convention may not succeed because it fails to strike a balance between environmental protection, human rights, and commercial realities. The book offers recommendations for a holistic and integrated approach to a sustainable ship recycling industry.

Zielgruppe

This book will be useful to practitioners and policy makers, as well as the academic community, with an interest in human rights, environmental and maritime law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Puthucherril, Tony George

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales See-, Luft- und Weltraumrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Tony George Puthucherril, LL.M. (Dalhousie) M.Phil (NUJS, India), was an Assistant Professor at the National Judicial Academy, India. Presently a J.S.D. candidate at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, he has written on environmental, water, marine and nuclear legal and policy issues.