International law and sustainable development : principles and practice / by Nico Schrijver and Friedl Weiss, editors ; with a foreword by Bruno Simma and with a preface by Kamal Hossain.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

International law-making in the field of sustainable development: the unequal competition between development and the environment / Ximena Fuentes -- Some thoughts on the making of international environmental law: a cautionary tale / Christopher Pinto -- The role of the state and international organisations in reconciling sustainable development and globalisation / Duncan A. French -- The principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities" / Yoshiro Matsui -- The evolving regime on climate change and sustainable development / Gerhard Loibl -- Natural resources and sustainable development: from "good intentions" to "good consequences" / Thomas W. Walde -- Managing the 'second agricultural revolution' through international law: liberalisation of trade in agriculture and sustainable development / Surya P. Suebedi -- Lessons from China's WTO accession negotiations: a look at likely implementation problems ahead / Liu Sun -- Competition in the Doha round of WTO negotiations / Karl M. Meesen -- Free riders, claims and countermeasures in combating climate change / Erik Denters -- The role of "sustainability Labelling in the international law of sustainable development / Mar Campins-Ertija and Joyeeta Gupta -- Sustainable development through a socially responsible trade and investment regime / Paul de Waart -- Global development through international investment law: lessons learned from the MAI / Eva Nieuwenhuys -- Sustainable development in international investment dispute settlement: the ICSID and NAFTA experience / Esther Kentin -- Implementing the right to development / Arjun Sengupta -- The right to a healthy environment / Sueli Giorgetta -- The right of access to freshwater resources / Antoinette Hildering -- Our agricultural heritage: sustainability, common heritage and intergenerational equity / Mary E. Footer -- The challenge of sustainable high seas fisheries / Rosemary Rayfuse -- Wildlife conservation: institutional and normative considerations / Peter Stoett -- Climate change and hazardous waste law: developing international law of sustainable development / Karin Arts and Joyeeta Gupta -- Sustainable use and the EC water framework directive: from principle to practice? / Alistair S. Rieu-Clarke -- Integrating sustainability into mining law: the experience of some Latin American countries / Elizabeth Bastida -- The principle of public participation: an Asia-Pacific perspective / Roda Mushkat -- Towards sustainable development in the East African community / Wilbert T.K. Kaahwa -- Public interest litigation, human rights and the environment in the experience of Sri Lanka / Shyami Puvimanasinghe -- Sustainable development in Polish law / Maria Magdalena Kenig-Witkowska -- Appendix: ILA New Dehli Declaration of Principles of International Law Relating to Sustainable Development, 2002.