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EL ETAT DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE

1.1. Calling into question the approach to sustainable development
The concept of sustainable development arose in the 1970s when the release in 1972 of the

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report, “Stop Growth?” written by the Club of Rome , who highlighted the importance of
establishing ecological limits on economical growth and demographics, and with this, the

goal of reducing exploitation without limits on natural resources.

From the first world summit in 1972, the international community has united in Stockholm

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for the United Nations Conference on the human environment , prioritising the ecological
systems and the importance of fighting against pollution have been of precedence. It is also

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on this occasion that the United Nations programme for the environment was created .

Le concept of continuous, viable development or sustainable which it appeared as in 1987 in
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the text of the Brundtland report under the title “Our Common Future” . This report was
developed by the worldwide commission on the environment and development, written by

Ms Gro Harlem Brundtland, as a result of several debates on the problems posed by

258 The Club of Rome is an international organization, non governmental, founded in 1968 whos members are
scientists, researchers, statesmen. Franck-Dominique VIVIEN, « Jalons pour une histoire de la notion de
développement durable », (2003) 1-121 Mondes en développement, 1, 7. Kristin BARTENSTEIN, « Les origines du
concept de développement durable » (2005) 3 RJE 289.
259 Report of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Doc off A.G.N.U., 1972, Doc
NU A/CONF.48/Rev.1 [Stockholm Déclaration]. On line: http://www.un-documents.net/aconf48-14r1.pdf .
260 UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, Environment for development, on line :
<http://www.unep.org/french/resources/gov/>.
261 THE WORLD COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, Our Common Future/Notre avenir à nous,
A/42/427, (1987), (Brundtland Report), on line: <A/42/427. Our Common Future: Report of the World
Commission on Environment and D>.

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