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The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development - A Commentary (Hardcover)
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The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development - A Commentary (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Commentaries on International Law
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The international community has long grappled with the issue of
safeguarding the environment and encouraging sustainable
development, often with little result. The 1992 Rio Declaration on
Environment and Development was an emphatic attempt to address this
issue, setting down 27 key principles for the international
community to follow. These principles define the rights of people
to sustainable development, and the responsibilities of states to
safeguard the common environment. The Rio Declaration established
that long term economic progress required a connection to
environmental protection. It was designed as an authoritative and
comprehensive statement of the principles of sustainable
development law, an instrument to take stock of the past
international and domestic practice, a guide for the design of new
multilateral environmental regimes, and as a reference for
litigation. This commentary provides an authoritative and
comprehensive overview of the principles of the Declaration,
written by over thirty inter-disciplinary contributors, including
both leading practitioners and academics. Each principle is
analysed in light of its origins and rationale. The book
investigates each principle's travaux preparatoires setting out the
main points of controversy and the position of different countries
or groups. It analyses the scope and dimensions of each principle,
providing an in-depth understanding of its legal effects, including
whether it can be relied before a domestic or international court.
It also assesses the impact of the principles on subsequent soft
law and treaty development, as well as domestic and international
jurisprudence. The authors demonstrate the ways in which the
principles interact with each other, and finally provide a detailed
analysis of the shortcomings and future potential of each
principle. This book will be of vital importance to practitioners,
scholars, and students of international environomental law and
sustainable development.
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