Legal and Judicial Mechanisms concerning Environmental Damages and Pollution in International Law

The environment is among the most important challenges of the 21st century. The growing international worries about the environment can be regarded as a reaction to the fact that in the past century the atmosphere, oceans, soil, climatic systems and various plant and animal species have faced serious threats as a result of largescale exploitation by man. Therefore while domestic law comprises a large part of environmental legislation, the environment must be protected by international law. The international environmental law has posed serious challenges to international law and has played a great part in the development of the international liability law. Whileinternational public law systems have developed considerably, and domestic courts have exercised the environmental law more effectively, it is evident that more precise laws and regulations concerning the destructive changes in the environment should be introduced and the institutions and organizations which possess judicial mechanisms at international levels to exercise environmental rules and regulations should play their key role.