The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

A Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-19-968677-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 720 Seiten, Format (B × H): 177 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1386 g

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 préparatoires 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Viñuales, Jorge E.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Jorge E. Viñuales: The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: A Preliminary Study

- 2: Pierre-Marie Dupuy: The Philosophy of the Rio Declaration

- 3: Jacqueline Peel: Changing Conceptions of Environmental Risk

- 4: Francesco Francioni: The Preamble of the Rio Declaration

- 5: Francesco Francioni: Principle 1: Human Beings and the Environment

- 6: Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli and Jorge E. Viñuales: Principle 2: Prevention

- 7: Claire Molinari: Principle 3: From a Right to Development to Intergenenerational Equity

- 8: Virginie Barral and Pierre-Marie Dupuy: Principle 4: Sustainable Development through Integration

- 9: Takhmina Karimova and Christophe Golay: Principle 5: Poverty Eradication

- 10: Mamadou Hébié: Principle 6: Special Situation of Developing Countries

- 11: Philippe Cullet: Principle 7: Common but Differentiated Responsibilities

- 12: Christina Voigt: Principle 8: Sustainable Patterns of Production and Consumption and Demographic Policies

- 13: Sandrine Maljean-Dubois: Principle 9: Science and Technology

- 14: Jonas Ebbesson: Principle 10: Public Participation

- 15: Martina Kunz: Principle 11: Environmental Legislation

- 16: Margaret Young: Principle 12: The Environment and Trade

- 17: Malgosia Fitzmaurice: Principle 13: Liability and Compensation

- 18: Makane M. Mbengue: Principle 14: Dangerous Activities and Substances

- 19: Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade: Principle 15: Precaution

- 20: Priscilla Schwartz: Principle 16: The Polluter-Pays Principle

- 21: Neil Craik: Principle 17: Environmental Impact Assessment

- 22: Phoebe Okowa: Principle 18: Notification and Assistance in Case of Emergency

- 23: Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Komlan Sangbana: Principle 19: Notification and Consultation on Activities with Transboundary Impact

- 24: Claire Mahon: Principle 20: The Role of Women

- 25: Magnus Jesko Langer: Principle 21: The Role of the Youth

- 26: Dinah Shelton: Principle 22: Indigenous People and Sustainable Development

- 27: Mara Tignino: Principle 23: The Environment of Oppressed Peoples

- 28: Marie-Louise Tougas: Principle 24: The Environment in Armed Conflict

- 29: Annyssa Bellal and Gilles Giacca: Principle 25: Peace, Development and Environmental Protection

- 30: Timothy Stephens: Principle 26: International Environmental Dispute Settlement

- 31: Peter H. Sand: Principle 27: Cooperation in a Spirit of Global Partnership

Über Autor(innen)

Jorge E. Viñuales is Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge.