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Contents
- Preliminary Material
- Acknowledgment
- Table of Contents
- Table of Cases
- International Courts and Tribunals
- African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
- African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights
- Court of Justice of the European Union (formerly European Court of Justice)
- European Committee of Social Rights
- European Court of Human Rights
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of International Justice
- Inter-State Arbitration Awards
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
- Investment Arbitration Awards
- UN Human Rights Committee
- WTO and GATT Disputes
- National Courts
- International Courts and Tribunals
- Table of Treaties and Instruments
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Main Text
- 1 The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
- Preliminary Material
- I) Introduction
- II) The Rio Declaration in Historical Perspective
- III) The Architecture(s) of the Rio Declaration
- IV) The Principles and their Impact
- 1 Methodology
- 2 The principles enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- 2.1 Principle 1: Human beings and the environment
- 2.2 Principle 2: Prevention
- 2.3 Principle 3: From a right to development to intergenerational equity
- 2.4 Principle 4: Sustainable development through integration
- 2.5 Principle 5: Poverty eradication
- 2.6 Principle 6: Special situation of developing countries
- 2.7 Principle 7: Common but differentiated responsibilities
- 2.8 Principle 8: Sustainable patterns of production and consumption and demographic policies
- 2.9 Principle 9: Science and technology
- 2.10 Principle 10: Public participation
- 2.11 Principle 11: Environmental legislation
- 2.12 Principle 12: The environment and trade
- 2.13 Principle 13: Liability and compensation
- 2.14 Principle 14: Dangerous substances and activities
- 2.15 Principle 15: Precaution
- 2.16 Principle 16: The polluter-pays principle
- 2.17 Principle 17: Environmental impact assessment
- 2.18 Principle 18: Notification and assistance in case of emergency
- 2.19 Principle 19: Notification and consultation on activities with transboundary impact
- 2.20 Principle 20: The role of women
- 2.21 Principle 21: The role of the youth
- 2.22 Principle 22: Indigenous people and sustainable development
- 2.23 Principle 23: The environment of oppressed peoples
- 2.24 Principle 24: The environment in armed conflict
- 2.25 Principle 25: Peace, development and environmental protection
- 2.26 Principle 26: International environmental dispute settlement
- 2.27 Principle 27: Cooperation in a spirit of global partnership
- 3 The lacunae of the Rio Declaration
- V) Concluding Remarks: the Unlikely Constitution
- VI) Select Bibliography
- 2 The Philosophy of the Rio Declaration
- 3 Changing Conceptions of Environmental Risk
- 4 The Preamble of the Rio Declaration
- 5 Principle 1
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment: Sovereignty, Then and Now
- V) Select Bibliography
- 6 Principle 2
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- 1 Preparatory work and context
- 2 Scope and dimensions
- 3 Normative impact
- 4 Jurisprudential relevance
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 7 Principle 3
- 8 Principle 4
- 9 Principle 5
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 10 Principle 6
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- 1 Preparatory work and context
- 2 Scope and dimensions
- 3 Normative impact
- 3.1 Prioritizing the interests of developing and environmentally vulnerable countries when setting up the international agenda for cooperation
- 3.2 Granting special treatment to developing countries according to their needs
- 3.3 Taking into account the special situation of developing countries through development assistance
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 11 Principle 7
- 12 Principle 8
- 13 Principle 9
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 14 Principle 10
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- 1 Preparatory work and context
- 2 Scope and dimensions
- 3 Normative impact
- 3.1 Instruments and regimes of global scope
- 3.1.1 Sustainable development policy instruments
- 3.1.2 Treaties adopted at UNCED and its aftermath
- 3.1.3 Treaties on trade and use of harmful matters
- 3.1.4 Treaties on benefit-sharing and resources
- 3.1.5 Treaties on nuclear energy
- 3.1.6 The UNEP Bali Guidelines
- 3.1.7 Human rights instruments
- 3.1.8 The ILC Prevention Articles
- 3.2 Instruments and regimes of regional scope
- 3.1 Instruments and regimes of global scope
- 4 Jurisprudential relevance
- III) Connections with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 15 Principle 11
- 16 Principle 12
- 17 Principle 13
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- 1 Preparatory work and context
- 2 Scope and dimensions
- 3 Normative impact
- 3.1 International regimes: Treaty practice
- 3.2 Domestic regimes: Selected case studies
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 18 Principle 14
- 19 Principle 15
- 20 Principle 16
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- 1 Preparatory work and context
- 2 Scope and dimensions
- 3 Normative impact
- 3.1 Regulatory economic approaches to make the polluter pay
- 3.1.1 Instruments
- 3.1.2 Standards and charges
- 3.1.3 Emissions trading
- 3.1.4 Non-market-based instruments
- 3.1.5 ‘Polluter-pays’: the liability context
- 3.2 International investment and environmental cost-spreading mechanisms
- 3.1 Regulatory economic approaches to make the polluter pay
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 21 Principle 17
- 22 Principle 18
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- 1 Preparatory work
- 2 Scope and dimensions
- 3 Normative impact
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 23 Principle 19
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 24 Principle 20
- 25 Principle 21
- 26 Principle 22
- 27 Principle 23
- 28 Principle 24
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 29 Principle 25
- 30 Principle 26
- Preliminary Material
- I) Origins and Rationale of the Principle
- II) The Principle as Enshrined in the Rio Declaration
- III) Relations with Other Principles
- IV) Assessment
- V) Select Bibliography
- 31 Principle 27
- 1 The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
- Further Material
- Appendix The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
- Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development* (Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992) Annex I Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
- Principle 1
- Principle 2
- Principle 3
- Principle 4
- Principle 5
- Principle 6
- Principle 7
- Principle 8
- Principle 9
- Principle 10
- Principle 11
- Principle 12
- Principle 13
- Principle 14
- Principle 15
- Principle 16
- Principle 17
- Principle 18
- Principle 19
- Principle 20
- Principle 21
- Principle 22
- Principle 23
- Principle 24
- Principle 25
- Principle 26
- Principle 27
- Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development* (Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992) Annex I Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
- Index
- Appendix The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development