The Rio Declaration became the statement of the achievable consensus at that time.

In terms of the political commitment of parties, the Declaration is a more general statement than the Rio Declaration.

Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration provides as follows:

The Rio Declaration consisted of 27 principles intended to guide future sustainable development around the worlds.

Some of the principles contained in the Rio Declaration may be regarded as third generation rights by European law scholars.

The Rio Declaration of 1992 enshrines public participation in its 27 principles.

The Rio Declaration continues, drawing a close link between access to information and public participation:

Its early successes included achieving gender equality in the final documents of Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration.

The importance of public participation in shaping and implementing environmental policy was emphasised as early as at the time of the Rio Declaration.

According to the Rio Declaration of 1992, it must be scientifically proven that a new product will have no damaging effects.