ABSTRACT
Any study of norms in international law must start from a given background since
international law consists of several fields which are often viewed as independent of one another. The norms that regulate the situation to be studied here, the planning
stage of environmentally harmful stationary activities, can be categorized, in the
main, as part o f international environmental law; however, there are other relevant
norms which are traditionally considered part of international human rights law3 and
international minority rights law.4