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The New Environmental and Human Rights Treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean You Should Know About

Acoel

Parties to the agreement agree to be guided by 11 principles, including the principles of non-regression and progressive realization, the preventative principle, the precautionary principle, and the principle of intergenerational equity.

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Global Perspectives on a Global Pact for the Environment

Law Columbia

Over the past 25 years, various attempts have been made to draft an overarching international instrument with regard to the protection, conservation and restoration of the environment. However, these principles developed in differing periods under different varied circumstances resulting in the familiar problem of fragmentation.

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