International Environmental Principles and It's Applicability in Legal System of Bangladesh.

Abstract

Environment it one of the most demanding issue now a day's not only environmentalist are concern about the environment but there has been going on few protest regarding saving the environment. In Bangladesh environment has become a hot issue since Rampal power plant establishment and saving Sonderban. In Bangladesh there is a lawyer association which is working for the environment which is called BELA. The environmental principle are scatter in Rio declaration, Stockholm declaration and Johannesburg declaration. This principles are part of the law and it is the base of every other environment project and strategy and any new international environmental instruments. Bangladesh's legal system is very much keen to situate these principle into domestic laws and to prevail the environmental issues with other laws there are different precedent which is establishing the court standing on environmental issues along with the supreme law of Bangladesh. In other ways Bangladesh is working in favor of environmental concern of the world and keep ratifying each and every environmental convention, conference of the states. The objectives of this paper to find out about the existing principle in international platform, the enforceability of the laws in Bangladesh related to environment and the standing of the court and how the legal system makes all this work in Bangladesh. To write this paper the methodology has take as doctrine research, Socio Legal and Analyzing approach. In conclusion it can be said that even though Bangladesh has ratified all of the environmental conventions but it is yet to been enforce as a part of Domestic law than under or making it falls under a right given in constitution But all three organ of legal system of Bangladesh is working to make these principle works so the right to environment can be surely prevail than anything else.