Principles and Foundations of the Internal Law for the Protection of the Marine Environment

The issue of the marine environment is one of the important, vital and modern issues because it is related to human life, because the environment is one of the human rights, which is the right to a clean, sound and pollution-free environment, given the riches and various precious resources that the marine environment contains and its importance in maritime transport and navigation. As the preservation and protection of the marine environment is considered today one of the most important duties entrusted to the state in particular and to humanity in general, as pollution of the seas has become a serious problem for the state, because the state is greatly affected by pollution factors due to its fragile nature, Therefore, the environment in general and the marine environment in particular has received wide attention in positive legislation in order to determine the party responsible for protecting and improving the environment in the country, as preserving the environment in general and the marine environment in particular is one of the most important issues facing the modern era, As the interest at the national level in the environment in general and the marine environment in particular has begun to increase as a result of awareness of the dangers of environmental pollution and the consequent harm to human health and humanity as a whole. Man in a clean environment in the Iraqi constitutions.