Non-compliance procedures and mechanisms and the effectiveness of international environmental agreements

This book describes and analyses the functioning of an increasingly important type of international procedures of control, aimed at supervising implementation by States of their commitments under international treaties in the field of environmental protection. Dealing with theoretical issues of their relationship with general international law and European Union law, the essays answer important questions, such as: Who can set them in motion? How do the procedures work? What are the powers of the relevant bodies?