Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

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History

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Content

Referring to the "inte expectation that states will enact environmental legislation. Further articles include formulations of the precautionary principle, which should be "widely applied by states according to their capabilities" (principle 15), and of the polluter pays principle, which states are encouraged to adopt where it is in the public interest to do so and it will not distort international trade and investment (principle 16). The final principle invites fulfillment of the other principles in a spirit of good faith. view of [[traditiise of the Eco-Dental State |last2=Lin |first2=Hui-Nien |last3=Pei |first3=Kurtis Jia-Chyi |last4=Lu |first4=Dau-Jye |last5=Gau |first5=Hwa-Sheng |date=2020 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-74791-0 |editor-last=Esarey |editor-first=Ashley |location=Seattle |chapter=Indigenous Conservation in Taiwan |jstor=j.ctv19rs1b2 |editor-last2=Haddad |editor-first2=Mary Alice |editor-last3=Lewis |editor-first3=Joanna I. |editor-last4=Harrell |editor-first4=Stevan}}</ref>

See also

• Three generations of human rights

External links

• UN Documentation Centre The full text of the Rio Declaration.
• Introductory note by Günther Handl, procedural history note and audiovisual material on the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law