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Role of political declarations in the formation of the mechanism of international legal protection of lake Baikal
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Abstract
The impact of international political declarations in the field of nature protection on the legal mechanism for the protection of Lake Baikal is investigated. Within the framework of the implementation of the project on the construction of the concept of international legal protection of Lake Baikal, Carried out within the framework of scientific project N 20-011-00618 A and supported by the Russian Foundation for Fundamental Research, Major international conservation concepts, such as the Stockholm Declaration, are being analysed, World Charter on Nature, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, The Principles of Forestry, the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, identify norms that have influenced the establishment of the legal protection mechanism for Lake Baikal. Trends in the influence of the provisions of these political declarations on the legislation in the field of protection of Lake Baikal are identified, in particular, the sensitivity of the term “sustainable development” and the principles of sustainable development by the legislator in the legal norms of various levels is investigated. On the basis of the study, the influence of the principles and norms of international political declarations in the field of nature protection on the legislation governing environmental management and nature protection in the Baikal Natural Territory is noted. Cases of implementation of the provisions of political declarations into domestic legislation have been identified, conclusions have been drawn about the different perception and interpretation of the term “sustainable development” in Russian legal norms in the field of protection of Lake Baikal.
Keywords
Lake Baikal, sustainable development, international declarations, nature protection
About the Authors
Shornikov Dmitrii Vladimirovich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Head of Scientific Research Institute of Legal Protectionof Baikal of Irkutsk State University, Head of the Department of International Law and Comparative Jurisprudence, Law Institute, Irkutsk State University (1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation), e-mail: abirvalg35@mail.ru
Makritskaia Elena Dmitrievna – Assistant of the Department of International Law and Comparative Jurisprudence, expert of Scientific Research Institute of legal Protection of Baikal of Irkutsk State University, Law Institute, Irkutsk State University (1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation), e-mail: e.makrickaya@gmail.com
For citation
SHornikov D.V., Makrickaya E.D. Rol' politicheskih deklaracij v formirovanii mekhanizma mezhdunarodno-pravovoj ohrany ozera Bajkal // [Role of political declarations in the formation of the mechanism of international legal protection of lake Baikal] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2020, no 3 (90), pp. 109–115.
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