ABSTRACT
The 2002 New Delhi Declaration of Principles of International Law relating to Sustainable Development set out seven principles on sustainable development, as agreed in treaties and soft-law instruments from before the 1992 Rio ‘Earth Summit’ UNCED, to the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, to the 2012 Rio UNCSD. Recognition of the New Delhi principles is shaping the decisions of dispute settlement bodies with jurisdiction over many subjects: the environment, human rights, trade, investment, and crime, among others.
This book explores the expanding international jurisprudence incorporating principles of international law on sustainable development. Through chapters by respected experts, the volume documents the application and interpretation of these principles, demonstrating how courts and tribunals are contributing to the world’s Sustainable Development Goals, by peacefully resolving disputes. It charts the evolution of these principles in international law from soft law standards towards recognition as customary law in certain instances, assessing key challenges to further judicial consideration of the principles, and discussing, for instance, how their relevance for compliance and disputes related to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. The volume provides a unique contribution of great interest to law and policy-makers, judges, academics, students, civil society and practitioners concerned with sustainable development and the law, globally.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|98 pages
Evolution of international law and policy on sustainable development
part II|47 pages
Architecture of international dispute settlement related to sustainable development
part III|269 pages
Sustainable development principles in State-to-State dispute settlement mechanisms
part |35 pages
Permanent Court of Arbitration
part |38 pages
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
part |87 pages
World Trade Organization dispute settlement mechanism
part IV|366 pages
Sustainable development in State-to-other dispute settlement mechanisms
part |92 pages
Human rights courts
part |58 pages
Investor-State arbitral tribunals
part |126 pages
Regional courts and dispute settlement mechanisms
part |88 pages
Dispute resolution mechanisms in international organizations
part V|41 pages
Conclusion