El principio de integración de los aspectos económicos, sociales y medioambientales del desarrollo sostenible

The principle of integration is arguably the most appropriate and most specific legal principle available to International Law for attaining the objective of sustainable development, since it is the principle that best captures the true significance of the notion of sustainable development and becau...

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Main Author: Rodrigo Hernández, Angel José
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Asociación Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales 2012
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=4043417
Source:Revista española de derecho internacional, ISSN 0034-9380, Vol. 64, Nº 2, 2012, pags. 133-161
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Summary: The principle of integration is arguably the most appropriate and most specific legal principle available to International Law for attaining the objective of sustainable development, since it is the principle that best captures the true significance of the notion of sustainable development and because it is the most operative legal principle. The principle calls for the integration of all the economic, social and environmental factors associated with sustainable development both when drawing up the legal norms and when applying them. The main argument defended in this article is that the principle of integration could be a good instrument to promote relations between international regimes because it operates transversally, thereby it can facilitate internormative relations between the regulations of different regimes and so furnish more complex legal responses. Furthermore, the content of the principle of integration is not fixed and unique to all States but rather it depends on the context and circumstances in which it operates. This article also argues that the principle of integration of the economic, social and environmental factors of sustainable development can today be considered a norm of General International Law that is binding on all States and that the challenge is to find a way to make it operative.