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- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- National Case Studies
- 18 Institutions for a Sustainable Future: The Former Israeli Commission for Future Generations
- 19 Norway: Norwegian Ombudsman for Children
- 20 Institutions for a Sustainable Future: The German Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development
- 21 Power over Coming Generations: Committee for the Future in the Eduskunta, the Parliament of Finland
- 22 Welsh Commissioner for Sustainable Futures
- 23 Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, New Zealand
- 24 Canadian Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
- 25 Intergenerational Equity, Peace, and Transitional Justice in Colombia
- 26 Indigenous Peoples and Intergenerational Equity in Mexico
- 27 Legal Innovations for Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Landscapes Management of Democratic Republic of Congo
- 28 Local Indigenous Planning Instruments for Intergenerational Equity in Ahousaht Traditional Territories of Canada
- Comparative Insights
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
19 - Norway: Norwegian Ombudsman for Children
from National Case Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2021
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty Implementation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Theoretical Framework for International Legal Principles of Intergenerational Equity and Implementation through National Institutions
- Part I Introduction to Treaty Law on Intergenerational Justice and Codifying Sustainability
- Part II Key Challenges in Domestic Implementation of Intergenerational Justice
- Part III Law and Policy Innovations for Intergenerational Justice
- Part IV Implementing Sustainability through National Institutions: Case Studies
- National Case Studies
- 18 Institutions for a Sustainable Future: The Former Israeli Commission for Future Generations
- 19 Norway: Norwegian Ombudsman for Children
- 20 Institutions for a Sustainable Future: The German Parliamentary Advisory Council on Sustainable Development
- 21 Power over Coming Generations: Committee for the Future in the Eduskunta, the Parliament of Finland
- 22 Welsh Commissioner for Sustainable Futures
- 23 Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, New Zealand
- 24 Canadian Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
- 25 Intergenerational Equity, Peace, and Transitional Justice in Colombia
- 26 Indigenous Peoples and Intergenerational Equity in Mexico
- 27 Legal Innovations for Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Landscapes Management of Democratic Republic of Congo
- 28 Local Indigenous Planning Instruments for Intergenerational Equity in Ahousaht Traditional Territories of Canada
- Comparative Insights
- Part V Regional Trends in Intergenerational Justice
- Part VI Future Trends
- Afterword
- Table of Authorities
Summary
The interests of future generations and the associated concept of sustainable development are closely linked to Gro Harlem Brundtland. Through her leadership of the Brundtland Commission and the report Our Common Future, she is widely seen as the main person promoting ‘sustainable development’ as the key to resolving the world’s environmental, social, and economic development challenges. Her government was subsequently instrumental in adopting a provision to protect the interests of future generations in the Norwegian Constitution. Prior to these events, her government became the first in the world to appoint an Ombudsman for Children. The combination of these events illustrates the links between the issues of this chapter – in what ways and to what extent should and has the Norwegian Ombudsman for Children contributed to protection and promotion of the interests of future generations?
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- Intergenerational Justice in Sustainable Development Treaty ImplementationAdvancing Future Generations Rights through National Institutions, pp. 352 - 373Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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