Climate Refugees in South Asia

Dr. Stellina Jolly is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University (SAU), New Delhi, India. Her teaching interests include international environmental law, conflict of laws and bio-ethics. She has published an edited collection titled ‘Private International Law: South Asian States’ Practice’, published by Springer in 2017. She has undertaken projects and consultancies with various organizations including the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, European Union etc. She was awarded an educational grant on Civil Society Law from ICNL and USAID. Her publications include articles in the International Journal of Family Law and Policy (Oxford), European-Asian Journal of Law and Governance (CPG), UNESCO Journal of Bio-Ethics, International Journal of Public Law and Policy (Inderscience), and ISIL Year Book on International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law (ISIL) etc. She has served on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals, including the Indian Journal of Human Rights, the International Journal of Bioethics and the NUJS International Journal of Legal Studies and Research. Stellina has been a Resource Person and External Reviewer for the Ministry of Law, Government of India sponsored Research Project on Judicial Reforms since June 2016 at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kashipur. Further, she has been a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), and National Law University Delhi. Dr. Nafees Ahmad is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University (SAU), New Delhi. Holding a doctorate in international refugee law and human rights, his work focuses on global forced displacement and migrations, climate refugees & climate change human displacement, policy, asylum, durable solutions and SAARC issues. He has introduced a new Program at theSAU called Comparative Constitutional Law of SAARC Nations for LLM along with international human rights and international refugee law. His publications include papers in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Rights and Law (Brill), Kings’ Student Law Review (King’s College London), Groningen Journal of International Law (University of Groningen), ISIL Year Book on International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law etc. His book on international refugee law and human rights is in press.  Dr. Ahmad is also an active blogger, writer and Op-Ed contributor to many international sites in the fields of forced migration, refugee research, human rights, international relations and diplomacy etc. Dr. Ahmad has been a Resource Person and External Reviewer for the Ministry of Law, Government of India sponsored Research Project on Judicial Reforms since June 2016 at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kashipur.

Introduction.- Chapter 1-Conceptualizing the Climate Change Migration in South Asia.- Chapter 2-Climate Change Displacement and Refugees: ‘Normative Debate’.- Chapter 3-Climate Change Migration: Legal Protection under International Refugee Law and Climate Change Legal Regime.- Chapter 4- Climate Refugees: South Asian States’ Legal Protection Practices.- Chapter 5- Climate Refugees: The Role of South Asian Judiciaries in Protecting the Climate Refugees.- Chapter 6- The Role of the SAARC: Way Forward.