Elsewhere: Treaties, declarations and conventions

Treaties (Many links to treaties (full text))

Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972) Stockholm Declaration

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)

World Charter for Nature (1982)

Environmental Law Library Pace University

Several treaties, agreements and conventions on:

Antarctic Treaties

Seas, Fish and Fisheries

Air Pollution Control

Climate Change

Hazardous Substances

Nature and Biodiversity

Convention on Biological Diversity - Convention Text

Annex II

Part 1, Arbitration

KONTERM homepage

"KONTERM is a research project of the Research Center for Computers and Law, Institute of Public International Law, University of Vienna, Faculty of Law in co-operation with the Institute of Applied Informatics, Department for Informations Systems, University of Vienna, and the Institute of Software Engineering, Technical University of Vienna. The main aim of the KONTERM project is the semiautomatic analysis of legal documents. KONTERM provides a forum for discussion of the relevance of state practice. Direction: Erich Schweighofer, head of RCCL

Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (1991)

Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (1991)

Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests [the Forest Principles] (1992)

UN Commission on Sustainable Development - 2nd Session, 16.-27. May 1994, New York, Austria 1st Report, March, 1994

European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised)

Convention on the Protection and use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (1992)

Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (21 April 1992)

Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

World Charter for Nature (1982)

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1973) As Amended 1979, and Provisionally at Gaborone 30 April 1983 With Appendices (I and II, 16 Apr 93; III, 11 Jun 92)

Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution (1976) and Protocols (1980, 1982)

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Action Plan for the Human Environment (1972)

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic (1992)

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property

Convention Relative to the Preservation of Fauna and Flora in their Natural State (1933)

Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources

Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere (1940)

Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (1989)

Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa (1991)

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985)

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (1979)

FIELD papers

FIELD SOAS, University of London, 46-47 Russell Square, London WC1 B4 7P. Tel: +44 71 637 7950 Fax: +44 71 637 7951

Final report: Options for EC Emissions Trading FIELD 22-2-2000 Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development  ¹⁶ 

-As part of their analytical work, the Study Team also produced seven scoping papers and an Interim Report-

To the European Commission, DG XI, Study contract B4-3040/98/000795/MAR/B1 Designing Options for Implementing an Emission Trading Regime for Greenhouse Gases in EG Scoping Paper NO.1 EC Trade and Competition Law Issues Raised by the Design of an EC Emission Trading System June 1999

To the European Commission, DG XI, Study contractB4-3040/98/000795/MAR/B1 Designing Options for Implementing an Emission Trading Regime for Greenhouse Gases in EG Scoping Paper NO.2 The EC as a Party to the FCCC/KP An examination of EC Competence, June 1999

To the European Commission, DG XI, Study contractB4-3040/98/000795/MAR/B1 Designing Options for Implementing an Emission Trading Regime for Greenhouse Gases in EG Scoping Paper NO.3 WTO Issues Raised by the Design of an EC Emission Trading System, June 1999

To the European Commission, DG XI, Study contractB4-3040/98/000795/MAR/B1 Designing Options for Implementing an Emission Trading Regime for Greenhouse Gases in EG Scoping Paper NO.4 Identifying the Proper Incidence of Regulation in a European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Allowance Trading System, June 1999

To the European Commission, DG XI, Study contractB4-3040/98/000795/MAR/B1 Designing Options for Implementing an Emission Trading Regime for Greenhouse Gases in EG Scoping Paper NO.5 Allocation off Greenhouse Gas Reduction Responsibilities Among and Within the Countries of the European Union, June 1999

To the European Commission, DG XI, Study contractB4-3040/98/000795/MAR/B1 Designing Options for Implementing an Emission Trading Regime for Greenhouse Gases in EG Scoping Paper NO.6 Aggregate versus Gas by Gas Models of Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading, June 1999

To the European Commission, DG XI, Study contractB4-3040/98/000795/MAR/B1 Designing Options for Implementing an Emission Trading Regime for Greenhouse Gases in EG Scoping Paper NO.7 Compliance-related Aspects of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading in the EU, June 1999

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (13 Nov 79); and Protocols (Financing, 1984; Sulphur, 1985; Nitrogen Oxides, 1988; and Volatile Organic Compounds, (1991)

Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (22 Mar 85)

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer As Amended in London, June 1990

CIESIN Policy documents relating to the Montreal Protocol CIESIN Thematic Guides * Provisional Release * OZONE DEPLETION AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (9 May 92); Climate Change Secretariat. Climate Change Information from the UNEP Information Unit on Conventions