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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Earth Charter (2000)

Klaus Bosselmann

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Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
March 2009

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 06 February 2023

Subject(s):
Sustainable development — Indigenous peoples — Climate change — Disarmament — Natural resources — Right to liberty and security of person — Development, right to — Right to education — Women, rights — Children, rights

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 The origins and development of the Earth Charter can be best understood in light of the development of concern for the environment within the United Nations (UN). When the UN was founded in 1945 its agenda for world security emphasized three major goals: to ensure peace and world security, to secure human rights, and to foster equitable socioeconomic development (Vilela 18; see also Peace, Right to, International Protection; Security, Right to, International Protection; Development, International Law of; Development, Right to, International Protection). Little...
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