Open AccessThe Environmental law of the Kurdistan Region, and its compatibility with international principles of environmental policies
Author(s) -
Salam Abdulqadir Abdulrahman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
technium social sciences journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2668-7798
DOI - 10.47577/tssj.v9i1.916
Subject(s) - environmental law , legislation , environmental policy , precautionary principle , political science , sustainable development , government (linguistics) , environmental planning , environmental regulation , citizen journalism , law , environmental protection , geography , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , biology
Environmental problems in Iraqi Kurdistan Region have been growing over the past two decades, and the regional government has responded by issuing legislation and regulation. This paper reviews the Kurdistan Regional environmental laws, and evaluates them against the international principles of environmental policies. It finds that the laws have incompatibility with the principles to varying degrees. The paper suggests that incorporating these principles into the environmental laws is necessary so as to have a just, participatory and precautionary environmental policy and a sustainable economy. The paper also looks at some environmental problems on the ground to further clarify the matter.