Alexander Zahar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1746404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Zahar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Zahar |
| SIGNATURE | ZAHAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southwest University of Political Science & Law |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2876-8017 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Agricultural Exceptionalism in the Climate Change Treaties
Agricultural emissions in most countries have been increasing against a backdrop of decreasing non-agricultural emissions. The climate change treaties contain a qualification that appears to exempt the agricultural sector from mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions where there is a 'threat to food production'. This potential mitigation exception gives rise to the risk that states will invoke a threat to food production in order to shield their ag…
Human Rights Law and the Obligation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Limits of Human Rights Law: A Reply to Corina Heri
In this reply to Corina Heri, I argue that her article confuses human rights violations associated with the impacts of climate change with a putative class of violations going to the causation of climate change. Because the latter class has no prospect of being realized, the scope of Heri’s argument is much narrower than she makes out. Human rights law is limited to impact cases. It adds nothing to climate change mitigation law
Collective Obligation and Individual Ambition in the Paris Agreement
Several scholars have claimed or implied that the Paris Agreement imposes a collective obligation on states to keep global warming below 2°C, but what is a collective obligation from a legal point of view? The literature that asserts the existence of a collective obligation fails to address this question. In this article I argue two points. Firstly, while a legally binding collective obligation for states is not a theoretical impossibility, the P…
Focus on Rwanda
In reviewing several books on Rwanda, the author argues that the so-called genocide in Rwanda in 1994 was not planned but rather was the result of a collapse of law and order spurred on by the invasion of the rebel RPF force and the chaos and fear that the civil war immediately caused.
Command Responsibility of Civilian Superiors for Genocide
The article critically examines the use of the doctrine of command responsibility by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in two of its judgements, Kayishema & Ruzindana and Musema . It argues that in assessing superior-subordinate relationships the ICTR applied the wrong standard in both cases. While there is no doubt that civilian superiors are liable to prosecution for command responsibility, the doctrine will be properly operativ…
Focus on Rwanda
In reviewing several books on Rwanda, the author argues that the so-called genocide in Rwanda in 1994 was not planned but rather was the result of a collapse of law and order spurred on by the invasion of the rebel RPF force and the chaos and fear that the civil war immediately caused
The Limits of Human Rights Law: A Reply to Corina Heri
In this reply to Corina Heri, I argue that her article confuses human rights violations associated with the impacts of climate change with a putative class of violations going to the causation of climate change. Because the latter class has no prospect of being realized, the scope of Heri’s argument is much narrower than she makes out. Human rights law is limited to impact cases. It adds nothing to climate change mitigation law
Collective Obligation and Individual Ambition in the Paris Agreement
Several scholars have claimed or implied that the Paris Agreement imposes a collective obligation on states to keep global warming below 2°C, but what is a collective obligation from a legal point of view? The literature that asserts the existence of a collective obligation fails to address this question. In this article I argue two points. Firstly, while a legally binding collective obligation for states is not a theoretical impossibility, the P…
Agricultural Exceptionalism in the Climate Change Treaties
Agricultural emissions in most countries have been increasing against a backdrop of decreasing non-agricultural emissions. The climate change treaties contain a qualification that appears to exempt the agricultural sector from mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions where there is a 'threat to food production'. This potential mitigation exception gives rise to the risk that states will invoke a threat to food production in order to shield their ag…
Focus on Rwanda
In reviewing several books on Rwanda, the author argues that the so-called genocide in Rwanda in 1994 was not planned but rather was the result of a collapse of law and order spurred on by the invasion of the rebel RPF force and the chaos and fear that the civil war immediately caused.
Command Responsibility of Civilian Superiors for Genocide
The article critically examines the use of the doctrine of command responsibility by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in two of its judgements, Kayishema & Ruzindana and Musema . It argues that in assessing superior-subordinate relationships the ICTR applied the wrong standard in both cases. While there is no doubt that civilian superiors are liable to prosecution for command responsibility, the doctrine will be properly operativ…
Focus on Rwanda
In reviewing several books on Rwanda, the author argues that the so-called genocide in Rwanda in 1994 was not planned but rather was the result of a collapse of law and order spurred on by the invasion of the rebel RPF force and the chaos and fear that the civil war immediately caused
Collective Obligation and Individual Ambition in the Paris Agreement
Several scholars have claimed or implied that the Paris Agreement imposes a collective obligation on states to keep global warming below 2°C, but what is a collective obligation from a legal point of view? The literature that asserts the existence of a collective obligation fails to address this question. In this article I argue two points. Firstly, while a legally binding collective obligation for states is not a theoretical impossibility, the P…
Human Rights Law and the Obligation to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Limits of Human Rights Law: A Reply to Corina Heri
In this reply to Corina Heri, I argue that her article confuses human rights violations associated with the impacts of climate change with a putative class of violations going to the causation of climate change. Because the latter class has no prospect of being realized, the scope of Heri’s argument is much narrower than she makes out. Human rights law is limited to impact cases. It adds nothing to climate change mitigation law
Agricultural Exceptionalism in the Climate Change Treaties
Agricultural emissions in most countries have been increasing against a backdrop of decreasing non-agricultural emissions. The climate change treaties contain a qualification that appears to exempt the agricultural sector from mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions where there is a 'threat to food production'. This potential mitigation exception gives rise to the risk that states will invoke a threat to food production in order to shield their ag…
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Climate Change and Geoengineering (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Genocide (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works)