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The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. A Commentary.
Jorge E. . Ed(S): Vinuales
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Description for The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. A Commentary.
The 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development provides 27 principles to guide future sustainable development. This book is the first commentary on the Declaration, investigating the origins, development, and impact of each of the 27 principles on the ways in which sustainable development has been encouraged through international law. Editor(s): Vinuales, Jorge E. Series: Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: KCM; KCN; LBBC; LBBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 176 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1384.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Commentaries on International Law
Number of Pages
720
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199686773
SKU
V9780199686773
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About Jorge E. . Ed(S): Vinuales
Jorge E. Viñuales is Harold Samuel Professor of Law and Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge.
Reviews for The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. A Commentary.
Unique among environmental treaties, the Rio Declaration was adopted by all member states within the United Nations as the result of the Rio Conference and, as pointed out in Pierre-Marie Dupuys contribution, the firstand until now the only conference that can be called.the Earth Summit. This factor alone should persuade all those interested in, or professionally involved in the complexities ... Read more