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Precaution from Rio to Johannesburg
Proceedings of a Geneva Environment Network roundtable. Published by the United Nations Environment Programme for the Geneva Environment Network with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Philippe Roch and Klaus Töpfer
Precaution from Rio to Johannesburg: An introduction
Franz Perrez
The Precautionary Principle 10
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
Precaution and the Stockholm Convention
Bo Wahlström
Biotechnology and the Cartagena Protocol
Carolina Lasén Diaz
The Precautionary Principle under WTO Law
Gabrielle Marceau
International Courts and the Precautionary Principle
Philippe Sands
Annexes :
A. Roundtable programme 35
B. Biographies 36
C. Background note by the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape 37