CERTAINS ASPECTS CONCEPTUELS CONCERNANT LE DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE
CERTAIN ASPECTS CONCEPTS FOR DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE

Summary/Abstract: The “holistic” character of sustainable development1 has the advantage of being applicable to many fields due to the multiple and varied aspects that the concept implies. The polymorphic nature of sustainable development, its flexibility and variability means that it might have specific features in each field that employs it. Thus, the meaning of the notion of sustainable development is adjustable, different and can be shaped according to the particularities and specificity of the object it applies to; for this reason, its field of application is extremely varied. Naturally, the legal dimension of the concept will not have the same significances regarding its use in various agreements and normative acts. As a result, in all agreements, documents and normative acts in which it can be found, sustainable development will have various meanings according to the regulation field that employs it. Within conventions and normative acts that insert it in their content, sustainable development is seen as principle, right or obligation, action framework, process or procedure. Despite all this, it is important to mention that its main role is to be an achievable aim. Thus, the state has several obligations that need meeting to reach the sustainable development of society; consequently, we can speak of an obligation of means imposed to its receivers. The states should struggle to attain sustainable development by adopting measures identified as necessary for this purpose. From this point of view, in an implicit manner, sustainable development has effects that directly constrain its receivers: by setting a target to be reached, states are imposed measures they need to take.

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