RASPUNDEREA INTERNATIONALA IN DOMENIUL PROTECTIEI MEDIULUI INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

The institution of international responsibility is different from the law. Original characteristic of international responsibility is given by its certain characters. Its existence is a corollary of the principle of equal states and its purpose is to avoid war and use of force or threat of force. As in law, the sole basis for criminal liability is international offense in this case since this is an international crime. International environmental responsibility is represented by the consequences (moral, political, legal) arising (for subjects of international law, namely States, international organizations) or from committing illegal acts (permitted by international law) and breach of duty reinforced through an international treaty or custom, or from damage caused by lawful activities (international law permits) and other countries environmental damage by activities performed within the jurisdiction or control of that State. The subjects of international law (in general) are entities (mainly, states, international governmental or nongovernmental) that act as direct recipients of international rules, with the ability to exercise rights and assume obligations in the international legal order. The state is (in principle) responsible (at international level) and one called to answer for breach of duty (conventional, customary in principle general) environmental protection with an international