Talk:Public International Law/International Environmental Law

Review: 14 June 2023
Dear Abbas,

Thanks for the wonderful chapter. I only added some minor comments in the text, in addition to my two co-editors. Probably the main challenge will be tho shorten the chapter.

Best, Raffaela

--Raffaela Kunz (discuss • contribs) 09:53, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Review: 29 May 2023
Dear Abbas,

This chapter shows that you are an expert in the field and it has a lot of potential, but there is still some work to be done. Please restructure the chapter so that it includes less passages on general questions of sovereigny, sources, cooperation etc. and instead links the important principles, which you rightfully highlight, to their existing hard law and soft law sources, to court decisions and political discussions (especially North-South relations). I have also added more comments in the text.

With best wishes, Sué

Sué González Hauck (discuss • contribs) 13:23, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Review: May 14, 2023
This chapter on international environmental law provides an extremely comprehensive and systematic overview of this area of law. You have done an excellent job of presenting a detailed and thorough examination of the framework governing environmental protection.

While the chapter is well-researched and informative, one area where it could be improved is in its discussion of International Court of Justice decisions (and cases of other tribunals) that relate to international environmental law. Incorporating some analysis of ICJ decisions would enhance the chapter's analysis and provide students with a more nuanced, doctrinal understanding of the subject.

You will also find some comments in your chapter in which I elaborate on something more specifically. To view these comments, just open you chapter page and click on "Edit" in the top-right toolbox.

Some minor things:

- Please use OSCOLA as your citation style and make sure you provide full and accurate references for all sources cited. It is important to take the time to ensure that all footnotes are correctly formatted according to OSCOLA.

- Note also that the following parts are still missing: conclusion.

- You could add some links to other chapters of the textbook.

- Note that I have made some linguistic improvements to the text.

Max Milas (discuss • contribs) 16:45, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Review: 26 August 2021
Dear Abbas,

Thank you so much for submitting your first outline. I like it a lot, especially your part about current challenges!

I have a few remarks, but – as I'm not an expert in environmental law – you're more than welcome to reject my ideas. First of all, I don't know what the difference is between emergence and generations of environmental law. You could write about both of these developments under "History of environmental law" or "development of environmental law". Additionally, I'm really looking forward to read more about principles of environmental law. With regard to sources of environmental law, there are propably better presentations than the distinction between hard law and soft law.

Thank you very much for your work and keep it up!

--Max Milas (discuss • contribs) 14:00, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Review: 9 February 2023
Dear Abbas,

thank you very much for providing us with a much more detailed version of your very important chapter on international environmental law. You have included important historic developments, relevant instruments and principles. I can see that the last part remains still unfinished, but I can't wait to read it when it is done as the challenges are of much importance.

Please do not be alarmed by the number of my comments. I have been and always will be an extensive commentator. However, the comments are really dedicated at providing you with some assistance in order to improve the content of this very significant chapter. For details, please take a look at the specific comments. Overall, I have the following suggestions:

- include more citations and sources

- stay close to the texts of the agreements and common definitions and sources

- include the polluter pays principle as well as common but differentiated responsibilities

- include a subsection on the diversification of IEL (climate change, biodiversity, waste etc.)

- restructure and shorten where necessary to create a red line in the text

- include and elaborate on the perspective of the Global South throughout the chapter

- shorten the part on sources, but highlight the particular importance and success of soft law for IEL

- include further important sources, particularly in English to reach a bigger readership

I wish you good luck with the continuing writing process! This will be an outstanding and important piece and I can't wait to read it again at a later stage.

All the best,

Verena

--Verena Kahl (discuss • contribs)