国家主权原则在国际环境关系领域的适用

由于环境保护的特殊性,传统意义上的国家主权原则与全球环境保护的需要存在矛盾之处,其在国际环境关系领域的适用导致了一项国际环境法基本原则的产生。由《斯德哥尔摩宣言》原则二十一宣布的主权适用原则,体现了国际法在国际环境关系领域的新发展。它包括了权利和责任两个基本内容,具有三重涵义:一是确认主权原则在国际环境关系领域的适用,二是维持国与国之间权利和义务的平衡,三是谋求国家利益与人类共同利益之间的协调。

Sovereignty Principle and International Environment Relations

Due to the particularity of environmental protection, the sovereignty principle in orthodox contents is contradicted somewhat with the needs of global environmental protection. Its appliance in international environment relations has brought about the birth of a fundamental principle of international environmental law. The applying principle of sovereignty declared by Principle 21 of Stockholm Declaration has reflected the new development of international law in international environment relations. It includes two basic contents: right and responsibility. It has also three meanings: The first is to affirm the appliance of sovereignty principle in international environment relations; the second, to maintain the balance of rights and duties among countries; and the third, to seek for the harmony between national benefits and human common interests.