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ASSIGNMENT 3 POST- GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY

(PGDELP) May 2016-17

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ASSIGNMENT 3

COURSE III- INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY

Refer to the timeline for submission date Total Marks: 40

The word limits and marks allocated to each question are mentioned after the question.

1. The Principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibility (CBDR) was brought in

to the sphere of international environmental conservation in the Rio Declaration in 1992. It lays down that while there is a common global responsibility to protect and conserve the environment and promote sustainable development, the burden for bearing the same has to be different for each country based on its historic context. CBDR has now been brought in as one of the guiding principles of the Paris Agreement and is going to be the crux to its implementation.

Do you think that CBDR should find a place within the international environmental law framework? Keeping in mind that rates of pollution are growing at the fastest rate in developing nations including India and China, do you feel that differentiating responsibility and placing a lower responsibility on them is a responsible idea moving forward? Answer providing reasons.

(1000 words, 15 marks)

2. The Ramsar Convention was signed in 1971 for the protection of wetlands and waterfowl habitat. The text of the convention is available at the link below:

http://www.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/documents/library/current_convention_text_e.pdf While the convention makes it necessary for each contracting party to designate at least one Ramsar site within its borders, and looks to provide for the protection of such sites, it also leaves many with the feeling that it lacks in its protection motive in certain ways.

Please read the text of the convention and highlight the shortfalls that take away from its protection motive. (600-750 words, 10 marks)

3. A lot of international environmental law has developed through cases that have come

up over the years. Kindly write notes on the following cases highlighting the major principles of law and environmental protection that arose from them.

Corfu Channel Case Trail Smelter Case

(500 words each, 7.5 x 2 = 15 marks)