Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

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United Nations document environmental law instrument international declaration soft law instrument sustainable development framework

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development is a landmark 1992 United Nations statement that set out key principles for sustainable development, integrating environmental protection with economic and social progress.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development canonical	9
Principle 15	1
Rio Declaration	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations document ⓘ environmental law instrument ⓘ international declaration ⓘ soft law instrument ⓘ sustainable development framework ⓘ
adoptedAt	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ⓘ surface form: Earth Summit
adoptedBy	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ⓘ surface form: UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ⓘ Member States of the United Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations member states
adoptionDate	1992-06-14 ⓘ
aimsTo	guide states in developing national and international environmental law ⓘ integrate environmental protection with economic development ⓘ promote sustainable development globally ⓘ
cityOfConference	Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
continentOfAdoption	South America ⓘ
countryOfAdoption	Brazil ⓘ
hasPart	Principle 1 ⓘ Principle 10 ⓘ Rio Declaration on Environment and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Principle 15 Principle 16 ⓘ Principle 17 ⓘ Principle 2 ⓘ Principle 3 ⓘ Principle 4 ⓘ Principle 7 ⓘ
hasTheme	environmental impact assessment and liability ⓘ eradicating poverty as an indispensable requirement for sustainable development ⓘ integration of environment and development in decision-making ⓘ polluter pays principle and economic instruments for environmental policy ⓘ precautionary principle and risk management ⓘ public participation and access to environmental information ⓘ special situation and needs of developing countries ⓘ
influenced	Agenda 21 ⓘ Johannesburg Plan of Implementation ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development Rio+20 outcome document "The Future We Want" ⓘ subsequent multilateral environmental agreements ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding ⓘ
numberOfPrinciples	27 ⓘ
officialName	Rio Declaration on Environment and Development self-link ⓘ
placeOfAdoption	Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
principle10Focus	public participation and access to information and judicial proceedings in environmental matters ⓘ
principle15Focus	precautionary approach to environmental protection ⓘ
principle16Focus	polluter pays principle ⓘ
principle17Focus	environmental impact assessment as a national instrument ⓘ
principle1Focus	human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development ⓘ
principle2Focus	states have sovereign rights over their natural resources and responsibility not to cause environmental damage to other states ⓘ
principle3Focus	right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations ⓘ
principle4Focus	environmental protection shall constitute an integral part of the development process ⓘ
principle7Focus	common but differentiated responsibilities of states ⓘ
recognizedAs	foundational document of modern international environmental law ⓘ landmark statement on sustainable development ⓘ
relatedTo	Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ Stockholm Declaration ⓘ United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification ⓘ United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ⓘ
shortName	Rio Declaration on Environment and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rio Declaration
subjectMatter	economic development ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ international environmental law ⓘ social development ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ
year	1992 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm → influenced → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ⓘ

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development → mainOutcome → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ⓘ

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development → adoptedDocument → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ⓘ

Our Common Future → influenced → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ⓘ

Agenda 21 → relatedTo → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ⓘ

Stockholm Declaration → influenced → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ⓘ

Stockholm Declaration → precedes → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ⓘ

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development → officialName → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development self-link ⓘ

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development → shortName → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Declaration

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development → hasPart → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Principle 15

World Summit on Sustainable Development → relatedTo → Rio Declaration on Environment and Development ⓘ