Refugiados ambientais: da necessidade de proteção jurídica internacional

Abstract

The paper deals with refugee issues motivated by environmental reasons. Conceptualizes as a refugee under the terms of international legal instruments and Regional Conventions. It demonstrates the origin of the environmental refugee expression and traces a concept of this cat egory. It presents the existing legal loophole in relation to environmental refugees under interna tional refugee law. It establishes alternative forms of international protection to be granted to en vironmental refugees. It suggests the application of international human rights law and interna tional environmental law as a form of protection of environmental refugees. It concludes from the need for protection of environmental refugees regardless of the framework in the exact terms of the specific instruments for the protection of refugees.