Analyzing the role of international law in the process of global sustainable development

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Mahsa Abbasi ¹ , Maryam Moradi ^{2 *} , Mansour Atasheneh ³

1 - PhD student in Public International Law, Department of International Law, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran.
3 - Associate professor in law department, faculty of law and political science, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran

Received: 2025-03-14 Accepted : 2025-09-12 Published : 2025-09-20

Keywords: International law, global sustainable development, climate change,

Abstract :

The paradigm governing international development law in the context of the historical and economic conditions of the 1960s was mainly based on economic development. However, gradually, in the light of international efforts and the issuance of the Brundtland Report, a concept called sustainable development was introduced in the scope of international law. This concept, in light of avoiding the mere consideration of economic development in development processes and through the interaction between the three dimensions of economic, social and environmental development, has guided international development law towards international sustainable development law. Despite the progress made in the literature on sustainable development in international law, on the one hand, because the provisions of this concept have been mainly raised in inconsistent law and, in practice, as acknowledged by important documents in this field that prioritize economic development over environmental and social development, sustainable development policies have failed, there is a significant gap in the theoretical and practical approach to sustainable development in international development law, and international sustainable development law is considered an ideal law rather than a real law.

In today's regulations, based on an international custom and relying on authoritative documents, political relations between states are determined. The management of current affairs in today's noisy world requires cooperation and collaboration between states. The citizens of each country determine a large part of these relations. States protect the rights of their citizens in other countries from the perspective of sovereignty. If a citizen encounters problems such as judicial problems in a foreign country, the state of the country protects him and defends his rights as long as they do not explicitly contradict the laws and regulations of his place of residence. Victims are also considered part of these citizens, who may

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