7 Principle 3
Claire Molinari
From: The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: A Commentary
Edited By: Jorge E. Viñuales
- Subject(s):
- Sustainable development
This chapter analyses the rationale, travaux préparatoires, conceptual scope, and normative and jurisprudential influence of Principle 3 of the Rio Declaration. It pays particular attention to the shift from the initial assertion of a right of States to development to the subsequent emphasis placed on intergenerational equity.