 International law and sustainable development: Any progress in Johannesburg?Marc Pallemaerts ULB Institutional Repository from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles Abstract: While one of the stated aims of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro was to promote the further development of international environmental law, and, more specifically, to examine the feasibility of elaborating general rights and obligations of States in the field of the environment, the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in Johannesburg 10 years later, did not have any specific mandate to contribute to the further development of international law. Its deliberations nevertheless addressed a number of legal issues and may turn out to be of some relevance to the future evolution of international law, not only in the field of the environment, but also in other areas relating to sustainable development. This article will therefore assess the outcomes of the WSSD and their relevance for the implementation and development of norms and principles of a general and universal nature, which will govern the future conduct and cooperation of States in the field of sustainable development. Date: 2003 Published in: Review of European Community & international environmental law (2003) v.12 n° 1,p.1-11 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/253562 Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from Access Statistics for this paper More papers in ULB Institutional Repository from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles Contact information at EDIRC. |
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