Report of the International Environmental Conference codifying Rio principles in national legislation Corporate author Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Directorate for International Environmental Affairs Date 1996 Source IUCN (ID: MON-063330) Publisher | Place of publication Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment | The Hague, The Netherlands Pages 65 p. Conference name | place | date International Environmental Conference on codifying Rio principles in national legislation | The Hague | 19960522 -19960524 Language English Field of application International Country/Territory Netherlands, Philippines, Canada, Australia, Hungary Subject Environment gen. Keyword National implementation/transposal Sustainable development Abstract Contents: 1. Background of the Dutch initiative for organizing this international conference 2. Comments on the Syllabus of National Experiences on Codifying Rio Principles 3. Position of this conference with regards to other international initiatives on the role of general principless in international environmental law by the CSD, UNEP, Earth Council, IUCN, etc. 4. Codification and inmplementation: defining the boundaries of the discussion 5. Philippine experience with codification of environmentall principles into national legislation 6. Canadian experience with codification of environmental principles into national legislation 7. Advantages and disadvantages of codification from the perspective of legal administration in Hungary