Sustainable Corporate Law

The International Law for Sustainable Development Partnership

Gender, International Health and Environmental Law

Local Laws for the Global Commons: The Legal Implementation of Sustainable Development at the National Level

Subsidiarity in Sustainable Development Law and Governance

Gender, International Justice and Sustainable Development

This research project focuses on the legal implementation of sustainable development at the national level, flowing from commitments made by States in Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. The project will develop a series of working papers and workshops which examine general laws which are focused upon the implementation of sustainable development in Québec, Manitoba, Bolivia, Luxembourg and Belgium. This project will also build upon existing research on legal implementation in certain sustainable development issue areas and identify general trends and best practices. A partnership presentation was held at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development on Quebec’s Sustainable Development Act in international and comparative perspective.

Throughout 2005, the CISDL was involved in its capacity as a centre of legal expertise in the policy process which led to the passing of the Québec Sustainable Development Act, writing and presenting briefs on international sustainable development law at public consultation and parliamentary commission sessions. In February 2006, the CISDL was commissioned by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks to write a report on the right to a healthy environment in a sustainable development perspective. Finally, the CISDL has submitted a project proposal to the Fonds d’action québécois en développement durable in April 2006 for a major empirical research and capacity-building project entitled “Renforcement du droit du développement durable au Québec.” This project would seek to develop capacity-building manuals and workshops on sustainable development law in Quebec.