Practice question
Besides the environment of other States, what areas does Rio Principle 2 expressly include?
- Areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
- Only the emitting State's parliamentary buildings.
- Only private residences within its capital.
- Only military bases inside its territory.
- No additional areas.
Legal references
- Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992), Principle 2, https://www.un.org/esa/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-1annex1.htm
- Convention on Biological Diversity, Article 3, https://www.cbd.int/convention/articles/default.shtml?a=cbd-03
- UN Audiovisual Library, Stockholm and Rio Declarations, https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/dunche/dunche.html
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