Biosecurity, Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Corporatogenic Climate Change: A Challenge for Australian Public Health Regulation and Human Rights

Authors

  • Jodie Campbell
  • Christopher Law
  • Sam Durant
  • Tom Faunce Australian National University College of Law, Australia National University Medical School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.1

Abstract

It is a politically controversial but by no means scientifically contentious hypothesis that many of the root causes of contemporary climate change emerge from the profit-seeking activities of multinational corporations – for instance in the oil, coal, deforestation and livestock industries. Contemporary corporatogenic warming of the climate is recognised scientifically as not only having tragic environmental consequences, but also creating significant biosecurity risks. Using the 2008 Dengue Fever outbreak in Northern Queensland as a critical focal point, this article explores the implications of corporatogenic climate change to Australian biosecurity in the context both of Australia’s new federal biosecurity legislation (Biosecurity Act 2015 (Cth)) and the investor-State dispute settlement provisions of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) particularly as they may impact the health and international human rights of Australia’s northerly indigenous populations.

Author Biographies

Jodie Campbell

Research Associate

Christopher Law

Research Associate

Sam Durant

Research Associate

Tom Faunce, Australian National University College of Law, Australia National University Medical School

Professor

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Published

2019-02-14

How to Cite

Campbell, J., Law, C., Durant, S., & Faunce, T. (2019). Biosecurity, Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Corporatogenic Climate Change: A Challenge for Australian Public Health Regulation and Human Rights. Global Biosecurity, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.1

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Vol. 1 (2019)

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Research Articles

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Received 2018-08-20
Accepted 2019-01-14
Published 2019-02-14