The Conference had three goals. It aimed to:

strengthen the international sustainable development law agenda
highlight the role of international law in sustainable development, and
review the progress in international sustainable development law made since 1992 to generate recommendations for the World Summit for Sustainable Development in 2002.

Sustainable Justice 2002 achieved three broad sets of results, as part of a wider community of legal actors working on these issues:

Increased information, knowledge and analysis of international sustainable development law among legal experts, professionals and jurists in civil society, the private sector, governments and international legal bodies. This has generated higher profile and awareness of ISDL issues leading up to the 2002 WSSD and beyond.

Stronger capacity, networks and professional links among ISDL professionals, jurists and legal scholars in international social, environmental and economic law around the world. This was generated by the joint development and launch of the CISDL, with a flagship publication and six ISDL work programmes.

Serious provisions on ISDL governance, negotiation, implementation, monitoring and enforcement in the 2002 WSSD process. These were generated through a series of policy and legal briefs generated by the project on 10 key legal issues. Recommendations from the Sustainable Justice 2002 process were fed into the 2002 WSSD PrepComs and consultations, leading to ISDL strategies being highlighted the WSSD Implementation Plan and Political Declaration.

Sustainable Justice 2002 and CISDL WSSD activities deliverables included:

A fully launched and operational Centre for International Sustainable Development Law.

A series of legal briefings for the World Summit for Sustainable Development, on topics such as What is ISDL, Precaution in ISDL, Human Rights in ISDL, and Common but Differentiated Responsibility in ISDL. Others were also produced on parallel topics, such as Financing for Development, International Environmental Governance, Sustainable International Trade Law, and Sustainable Impact Assessment of Trade Policies.

Reports from the High Level Legal Experts Panel at WSSD PrepCom III in New York, SUSTAINABLE JUSTICE 2002 in Montreal, and the Official ILSD WSSD Side Event in Johannesburg, with copies of the brochures, posters and flyers.

A special Sustainable Justice 2002 Issue of the McGill Law Journal presenting conference papers and on-line version of the conference documents.

An International Jurists Mandate, in English and French, delivered to the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Six ISDL Research Agenda papers, fully peer reviewed in Conference workshops, to contribute to the CISDL research programmes and help to implement the 2002 WSSD Agenda.

Weaving the Rules, a flagship publication on international sustainable development law with lists of resources and future agenda.
A contact list of 250-300 dialogue and symposium participants.
A proposal for a WSSD Type II Partnership led by the ILA, IDLI and CISDL.