Practice question
Explain how Rio Principle 2 reconciles resource sovereignty with environmental responsibility. A State claims that its domestic development policy permits it to disregard any environmental effect outside its borders. Evaluate that claim without treating every disputed effect as an automatically proven compensation case.
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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