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International environmental law

International law concerning the protection of the global environment.

There have been many legally-binding international agreements concerning the protection of the environment, but in this area of international law soft law[?] is more common than normal.

Some basic principles of international environmental law are:

Important cases have included the various nuclear test cases (New Zealand vs. France) before the International Court of Justice.



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