Copyright -- HAGUE ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW -- FOREWORD -- The Evolution of Sustainable Development in International Law: Inception, Meaning and Status -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION* -- Aim -- Outline -- CHAPTER II EARLY FORMATION: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AVANT LA LETTRE -- 2.1. Early Concerns in the Post-War Years -- 2.2. The UN Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, 1972 -- Towards Stockholm -- Stockholm 1972 -- World Charter for Nature -- 2.3. The Debate on a New International Economic Order -- The NIEO resolutions and the North-South dialogue -- Adjustments to the Bretton Woods order -- North-South law -- 2.4. The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea -- CHAPTER III SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CONSOLIDATION IN RIO AND BEYOND -- 3.1. The UN Conference on the Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992 -- Towards Rio : the Brundtland Commission -- The UNGA Declaration on International Economic Co-operation, 1990 -- The Rio Conference and its results -- Post-Rio -- 3.2. The Right to Development and the World Human Rights Conference, Vienna, 1993 -- A right to development ? The UN Declaration of 1986 -- The World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, 1993 -- A human right to a healthy living environment -- 3.3. Towards Johannesburg -- The World Trade Organization and the Doha Development Agenda -- The Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations -- The Monterrey consensus on development finance -- 3.4. The World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002 -- 3.5. The World Summit Outcome, 2005 -- 3.6. Evaluation : The Functions of World Summits and International Consultation -- CHAPTER IV GROUNDING OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 4.1. Adoption into Treaty Law -- Global climate change.

Conservation of biological diversity, species and habitats -- Protection of marine biodiversity -- Fisheries management -- Freshwater resources -- Marine pollution -- Transboundary air pollution -- Desertification -- Toxic and hazardous substances and waste -- Public participation and precautionary procedures -- Human rights conventions -- Energy -- Security -- Health -- General economic and political treaties -- Regional economic integration : Africa, Caribbean, North America, Asia, Europe -- 4.2. Application in International Jurisprudence -- 4.3. Reflection in National Constitutions -- CHAPTER V INTERNATIONAL LAW PRINCIPLES IN THE PURSUIT OF FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- 5.1. Several General Principles -- Rule of law in international economic relations -- The duty to co-operate for sustainable development -- The principle of respect for human rights -- 5.2. The Seven Principles of the International Law Association -- 1. The duty of States to ensure sustainable use of natural resources -- 2. The principle of equity and the eradication of poverty -- 3. The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities -- 4. The precautionary principle and environmental impact assessment -- 5. Public participation -- 6. The principle of good governance -- 7. The principle of integration and interrelationship -- CHAPTER VI CONCLUSIONS: THE CHALLENGES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND TO ITS FURTHER EVOLUTION IN INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 6.1. Sustainable Development: A Multi-faceted Concept -- 6.2. Sustainability as a General Norm in International Law -- 6.3. Challenges to Further the Development and Application of International Law on Sustainable Development -- Delineation of the concept. Sustainable ambiguity ? -- Partial approaches. From ad hoc law to coherent law -- International development law. Necessary for balance.

Integration : the magic word for sustainable development? -- The expanding circle of legal participants. Diverging positions? -- Implementation. Not only words but deeds -- CHAPTER VII FINAL OBSERVATION: THE ROLE AND NATURE OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- TABLE OF TREATIES -- TABLE OF CASES -- Appendix ILA NEW DEHLI DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT * -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE -- PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS.