International Rights
Fereshteh Abbasi Tabrizi
Abstract
Background: Oil pollution in the sea occurs periodically and intermittently. Such incidents are of high significance in jurists and experts to the risks of marine environmental pollution. Nowadays, the environmental abuse has transcended national borders, while the function of the international legal ...
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Background: Oil pollution in the sea occurs periodically and intermittently. Such incidents are of high significance in jurists and experts to the risks of marine environmental pollution. Nowadays, the environmental abuse has transcended national borders, while the function of the international legal system in this area has not been so successful and satisfactory.Materials and Methods: In this study, all papers published up to the spring-2022 in Persian and Latin on evolutions in international law regarding compensation for oil pollution were reviewed. These publications are searched through databases, International Law Journal, Exploration and Production Monthly, sid.ir, Parliament Quarterly and Civilica Strategy and Publications, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Journal Quarterly, using keywords such as; environmental regulations, oil pollution, international responsibility of governments, compensation, environmental pollution have been obtained. It has also been extracted from reputable scientific journals from the above articles and websites.Findings: Compilation of environmental damage indicators, other than preventing the occurrence of environmental pollution, assist to fulfill the international responsibility of governments in the occurrence of environmental damage, so the study and analysis of the possibility of compiling the index of environmental damage. It is essential and inevitable in international treaties to prove the international responsibility of states.Conclusion: Although the existence of international conventions and their countries’ membership has had a positive impact on reducing oil pollution, however it has not been enough to perfectly eliminate oil pollution and the provision of basic guarantees in international agreements with effective international oversight is essential.
