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International Non-governmental Organizations and the Protection of the Environment

Evaluating the place and role of international NGOs in the contemporary system of the protection of the environment, partricularily through their participation in the international environmental law-making process, it is inevitable to recall, probably the most frequently mentioned objection to the international legislative in that field: the objection of too strong state sovereignty followed by strong conflicts of states’ interests. Such a situation very often makes any progress impossible. Human concern for the environment in contemporary world obviously can not be entrusted to states alone. It requires some kind of a multidisciplinary approach, as well as the engagement of whole scale of actors. The topic of the article is to analyze the place and role that international non-governmental organizations play in the contemporary complex system of the international environmental protection, concentrating primarily on their role in the international law-making process.

international non-governmental organizations, protection of the environment , international law-making process

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