Sustainable Development Principles in the Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals: 1992-2012

Contents
Table of cases
Table of treaties and declarations
Abbreviations and acronyms
Notes on contributors
Foreword • H.E. Judge C.G. Weeramantry
Preface • H.E. Judge James Crawford
Preface • Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin
Acknowledgements
Tribute to H.E. Judge C.G. Weeramantry
1 Introduction • Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and H.E. Judge C.G. Weeramantry
Part I: Evolution of international law and policy on sustainable development
	2 Commitments to sustainable development through international law and policy • Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
	3 Advancements in the principles of international law on sustainable development • Introduced by Nico Schrijver
	4 Achieving sustainable justice through international law • H. E. Judge C. G. Weeramantry
Part II: Architecture of international dispute settlement related to sustainable development
	5 A complex system of international courts and tribunals • Cairo Robb and Alexandra Harrington
	6 Sustainable development challenges in international dispute settlement • Cairo Robb, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Caroline Jo
Part III: Sustainable development principles in State-to-State dispute settlement mechanisms
	International Court of Justice
		7 The Sofia Guiding Statements on sustainable development principles in the decisions of international tribunals • Introduced by Duncan French
		8 The principles of sustainable development in the case concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay • Dire Tladi
		9 Sustainable development law principles in the Costa Rica v Nicaragua territorial disputes • Jorge Cabrera Medaglia and Miguel Saldivia Olave
		10 Sustainable development in the judgments of the International Court of Justice • Marcel Szabó
	Permanent Court of Arbitration
		11 Developing the judicial habit in nuanced ways through the Abyei-Sudan case • Jennifer McKay
		12 The Iron Rhine case: On the right track to sustainable development? • Freya Baetens
	International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
		13 The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) and sustainable development jurisprudence • David Freestone and Freedom-Kai Phillips
		14 The interpretation of sustainable development principles in ITLOS • Aline Jaeckel and Tim Stephens
	World Trade Organization dispute settlement mechanism
		15 Disputes on sustainable development in the WTO regime • Markus Gehring and Alexandre Genest
		16 The principle of good governance in WTO disputes • Jarrod Hepburn
		17 The principle of integration in WTO/TRIPS jurisprudence • Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan
		18 Elaborating the common but differentiated responsibilities principle in the WTO • Joyeeta Gupta and Nadia Sanchez
Part IV Sustainable development in State-to-other disputes ettlement mechanisms
	Human rights courts
		19 The principles of sustainable development in the practice of UN human rights bodies • Stephanie Safdi and Sébastien Jodoin
		20 Sustainable development controversies in the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights • Hennie Strydom
		21 Sustainable development priorities in the Inter-American Human Rights system • Alexandra Keenan
		22 Sustainable development principles in the European Court of Human Rights • Armelle Gouritin
	Investor-State arbitral tribunals
		23 The integration principle in ICSID awards • Antony Crockett
		24 The principle of public participation in ICSID arbitrations • Avidan Kent
		25 The principle of good governance in the reasoning of investor-State arbitral tribunals • Jonathan Bonnitcha
	Regional courts and dispute settlement mechanisms
		26 The principle of integration for sustainable development in European policy and jurisprudence • Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Markus Gehring
		27 The principles of integration and precaution in the European legal regimes • Zsuzanna Horváth
		28 The emergence of sustainable development jurisprudence in South Asia • Sumudu Atapattu
		29 Sustainable development principles in the Caribbean Court of Justice • Danielle Turnquest Moulton and Stephanie Forte
		30 Application of principles of sustainable development in the Mekong dispute settlement • Phan Tuan Hung and Alexander Kenny
	Dispute resolution mechanisms in international organizations
		31 Sustainable development concerns at the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee • Andriy Andrusevych and Caroline Jo
		32 Sustainable development priorities in World Bank Inspection Panel decisions • Sabine Schlemmer-Schulte
		33 Principles on sustainable development in the NAAEC Commission on Environmental Cooperation • Dane Ratliff
		34 Principles of inter-generational equity, public participation and good governance in the Inter-American Development Bank’s oversight mechanism • Alexandra Harrington and Valentina Duran
Part V: Conclusion
	35 Judicial deliberations and progress on sustainable development • Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Alexandra Harrington and Francesse Joy Cordon
Afterword • Kamal Hossain
Selected bibliography
Index