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[2] Declarations of the United Nations Conference of the Environment, 1927.
[3] Ibid 1.
[4] Ibid 1.
[5] United Nations Environment Programme, Global Environment Outlook 6: Healthy Planet Healthy People (Cambridge University Press 2019) <https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/global-environment-outlook-6> ‘Accessed online 30 May 2019’
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[8] United Nations Secretary General, Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment (United Nations 2018).
[9] Nicolas DS, Environmental Principles: From Political Slogans to Legal Rules (Oxford University Press 2008) p.2.
[10] United Nations Secretary General, Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment (United Nations 2018) Ch.2
[11] World Commission for Environmental Law <https://www.iucn.org/commissions/world-commission-environmental-law/wcel-resources/global-pact-environment> ‘Accessed 10 June 2019.
[12] Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted 10 December 1948 UNGA Res 217 A(III) (UDHR)
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[14] UNGA Res 72/277 (14 May 2018) UN Doc A/RES/72/277
[15] Report of the ad hoc open-ended working group established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 72/277 (Nairobi 20 – 22 May 2019) (13 June 2019) UN Doc A/AC.289/6/Rev.1.