Human Rights, Environmental Law, and the Earth Charter

Boston Research Center for the 21st Century

(now the Ikeda Center)

1998

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Table of Contents

Preface
Virginia Straus

Introduction
Winston E. Langley

Part I: The Earth Charter and the Covenant: "Soft" and "Hard" Law

Remarks of the Co-convenors

• The Earth Charter and Human Rights, Steven C. Rockefeller
• The Draft Covenant on Environment and Development: A Sustainable Model for International Lawmaking, Nicholas A. Robinson

Commentaries

• Misconceptions and Misunderstandings, Clarence J. Dias
• The Concerns of a Friendly Skeptic, Stephen L. Kass
• Establishing the Moral Connections and Restoring the Balance between the Natural World and Human Society, Noel L. Brown

Dialogue

Part II: Global Sovereignty

Presentation

• The Global Sovereignty of the People, Ruud Lubbers

Commentaries

• The Myth of Objectivity, Neil A. F. Popovic
• Sounding a Cautionary Note, Stephen P. Marks

Dialogue

Part III: Discussions on the Earth Charter and the Covenant

Report and Recommendations on the Earth Charter
Report and Recommendations on the Covenant

Appendix

1. The Earth Charter Benchmark Draft
2. Proposals for Earth Charter Principles
3. Proposed Language Relating to Human Rights for the Earth Charter Preamble
4. Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development

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