International Law and Sustainable Development: Emerging Trends and Future Research Directions
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- Gurjas Kaur
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Sustainable development has evolved from a largely aspirational policy concept into a principle with increasing normative weight across multiple branches of international law, including international environmental law, human rights law, trade law, and the law of the sea. This paper examines the legal status and evolving content of sustainable development in international law, tracing its doctrinal development from the 1987 Brundtland Report and the 1992 Rio Declaration through its treatment in international jurisprudence, most notably the International Court of Justice's Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project judgment, to its contemporary expression in the 2015 Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The paper identifies several emerging trends reshaping the field: the rise of rights-based climate litigation, the growing recognition of intergenerational equity as a justiciable legal principle, the development of business and human rights norms addressing corporate sustainability obligations, and the contested move toward recognizing rights of nature within domestic and international legal orders. The paper concludes by identifying gaps in the current legal architecture and proposing a research agenda addressing the fragmentation, enforceability, and normative coherence of sustainable development law.
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Gurjas Kaur. International Law and Sustainable Development: Emerging Trends and Future Research Directions. 2026. https://doi.org/10.63954/fvnrrj22
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