The Challenges of Applying the Principles of Environmental Law to the Implementation of Oil Contracts in the Light of the Convention on Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment

Creating sensitivity towards the environment is one of the new concerns of human society, which has gradually turned into a political matter by entering the legal and international arenas. This research has been compiled with the practical purpose of examining the challenges of applying the principles of environmental law to the implementation of oil contracts in the light of the Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment Convention and based on a field research. In this descriptive-analytical research, after library studies, field data have been collected with observation tools, documents and international opinions, which includes the qualitative method. Commitment to care requires governments to prevent transboundary pollution. Of course, this does not mean that they guarantee that no environmental damage will be caused to other countries. The commitment of governments in this regard is a commitment by means of which sufficient measures are taken to prevent cross-border damages. The concept of the principle of payment by the polluter is based on a simple legal logic that the agent of an activity or action that benefits something must also bear the losses caused to the environment. This principle has a very wide scope and has been mentioned in the legal systems of many countries with slight differences, although this principle has been accepted and implemented more prominently in international environmental law than other legal fields.