The Special Regime for Wildlife Trafficking

doi:10.1017/9781009057301.021

20 - The Special Regime for Wildlife Trafficking

from Part IV - Enforcement Regimes for the Protection of Animals in Wartime

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 October 2022

Karsten Nowrot

Edited by

Anne Peters ,

Jérôme de Hemptinne and

Robert Kolb

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Anne Peters: Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Jérôme de Hemptinne: Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Robert Kolb: Affiliation:
Université de Genève

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Summary

Armed conflicts add another dimension to the trade in wildlife and its products that is regrettably well-developed in peacetime. The implementation and compliance mechanisms for preventing and combatting wildlife trafficking, as foreseen in the respective international treaty regimes or developed in practice, are in general not well suited to promote and ensure the protection of animals in conflict-affected countries. Some lessons can be learnt from more recently emerging instruments dealing with conflict minerals. Their focus on the whole supply chain might even potentially result in a more effective prevention and suppression of the illegal trade in wildlife outside the context of war

Keywords

CITES CITES compliance procedure compliance control conflict minerals endangered species securitisation supply chain wildlife trafficking

Type: Chapter
Information: Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict , pp. 348 - 362

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009057301.021 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2022

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