Pacific-Oceania: Atoll Island States And Climate Change: Sovereignty Implications

Pacific-Oceania: Atoll Island States And Climate Change: Sovereignty Implications   Lilian Yamamoto, and Miguel Esteban, 2012   The paper examines some of the possible legal effects of the re-location of the citizens of low-lying Atoll Island States. It discusses the issue of sovereignty, which would determine the ability of the people of the islands to keep long-term control over their current natural resources. Key to this would be the status of a submerged Atoll Island State, and...

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