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Capacity-Building for Judges and Other Legal Stakeholders in the Field of Environmental Law

Capacity-Building for Judges and Other Legal Stakeholders in the Field of Environmental Law 133 Work in Progress / Travaux en cours Capacity-Building for Judges and O ther Legal Stakeholders in the Field of Environmental Law LAL KURUKULASURIYA* The judiciary is a crucial partner in the development, interpretation, implementa- tion and enforcement of environmental law. Judges also play a key role in promot- ing sustainable development by balancing environmental, social and developmental considerations in judicial decisions. Courts of law in many countries have demon- strated sensitivity to promoting the rule of law in the field of sustainable develop- ment through their judgements and pronouncements. 1 Recognising this fact, the United Nations Environmental Programme (“UNEP”) has set in motion capacity-building programmes aimed at judges and other legal stakeholders. UNEP’s commitment to this is based on the specific mandate pro- vided for in the Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environ- mental Law for the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century (Montevideo Programme III), which sets the ten-year strategy for UNEP’s activities in the field of environmental law. The Programme, adopted by the Governing Council of UNEP in 2001 by its decision 21/23 of 9 February 2001, identifies the judiciary as one of the key target groups for capacity-building activities in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Law FORUM du droit international (continued in International Community Law Review) Brill

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Brill
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© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1388-9036
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10.1163/157180403100411969
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133 Work in Progress / Travaux en cours Capacity-Building for Judges and O ther Legal Stakeholders in the Field of Environmental Law LAL KURUKULASURIYA* The judiciary is a crucial partner in the development, interpretation, implementa- tion and enforcement of environmental law. Judges also play a key role in promot- ing sustainable development by balancing environmental, social and developmental considerations in judicial decisions. Courts of law in many countries have demon- strated sensitivity to promoting the rule of law in the field of sustainable develop- ment through their judgements and pronouncements. 1 Recognising this fact, the United Nations Environmental Programme (“UNEP”) has set in motion capacity-building programmes aimed at judges and other legal stakeholders. UNEP’s commitment to this is based on the specific mandate pro- vided for in the Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environ- mental Law for the First Decade of the Twenty-first Century (Montevideo Programme III), which sets the ten-year strategy for UNEP’s activities in the field of environmental law. The Programme, adopted by the Governing Council of UNEP in 2001 by its decision 21/23 of 9 February 2001, identifies the judiciary as one of the key target groups for capacity-building activities in the

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