Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The theoretical framework for international legal principles of intergenerational equity and implementation through national institutions; Part I. Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability: 3. International treaty law and policy for future generations; 4. Intergenerational justice under international treaty law: the obligations of the state to future generations; 5. The use of international human rights norms to implement international solidarity; Part II. Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice: 6. Future generations as a counterweight; 7. Future generations institutions to implement international obligations towards future generations; Part III. Law and Policy Innovations for Inter-Generational Justice: 8. Sustainability in European constitutional; 9. The principle of intergenerational solidarity in reshaping constitutional rights and obligations: an example from Portugal; 10. Time to think: sustainable development, future generations and the individual; 11. Claims and petitions regarding environment preservation for future generations; 12. Reasons and means of public participation; 13. Giving the voice of the future a word in the present; 14. Unsustainability as an economic problem; 15. Intergenerational equity and the European constitution; 16. Scientific uncertainty as a key obstacle to efficient legal protection of the environmental interests of future generations; 17. Transformative knowledge and solutions in sustainability governance; Part IV. Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions – Case Studies: 18. Institutions for a sustainable future: the former Israeli commission for future generations; 19. Norway – Norwegian ombudsman for children; 20. Institutions for a sustainable future: the german parliamentary advisory council on sustainable development; 21. Power over coming generations – committee for the future in the eduskunta, the parliament of Finland; 22. Welsh commissioner for sustainable futures; 23. Parliamentary commissioner for the environment, New Zealand; 24. Canadian commissioner of the environment and sustainable development; 25. Intergenerational justice in colombian governance & peace accords; 26. Indigenous peoples and inter-generational equity in Mexico; 27. Legal innovations for inter-generational justice in sustainable landscapes management of democratic republic of Congo; 28. Local indigenous planning instruments for intergenerational equity in ahousaht traditional territories of Canada; 29. A comparative analysis of model institutisons: diversity in reaching common goals; 30. Comparing progress in inter-generational governance; 31. International institutions for future generations and democratic legitimacy; Part V. Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice: 32. A European human rights perspective on national sustainable development institutions; 33. Embedding intergenerational justice across government: regional trends in Africa; 34. Intergenerational equity, justice, and modern treaties between first nations communities and Canada; 35. Institutions for future generations in Asia; Part VI. Future Trends: 36. Equity across generations in implementing international law on water; 37. Intergenerational justice in the Paris agreement on climate change; 38. The four-branches model of government – representing future generations; 39. Intergenerational equity in sustainable development treaty implementation.