The Impact of Injured Person's Contribution to the Damage on International Responsibility of State for Environmental Damages
Subject Areas : environmental low
Seyyed Ghasem
Zamani
1
(Professor, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.)
Vahid
Bazzar
2
(Ph.D., International Law, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran *(Corresponding Author))
Keywords: the contribution to the injury, duty to mitigate, International Responsibility, assumption of risk, international environment law,
Abstract :
According to international responsibility law, the injured person's contribution to the injury will reduce the amount of reparation. International environmental law considered the injured person's contribution as one of the precluding of reparation for environmental liability, in addition to it considered as a basis for reducing the amount of reparation. The injured person's fault affects the determination of all environmental damages, including the cost of preventive measures. After the damage has been incurred also the injured person should try to reduce the amount of damage and if it is able to prevent and refuse to do so, contribution to the damage will be effective on Responsibility. When the injured person acts in spite of the assumption of risk, this principle can be applied. In addition to considering the injured person's contribution to the injury and conditions of implementation of that for environmental damages, this article tries to investigate the related issues of this principle in international environmental law.
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