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International environmental law's development has included the statement and adoption of a number of important guiding principles.

As with all international law, international environmental law brings up questions of sovereignty, legal reciprocity (" comity ") and even perhaps the Golden Rule.

Other guiding principles include the polluter pays principle, the precautionary principle, the principle of sustainable development, environmental procedural rights, common but differentiated responsibilities, intragenerational and intergenerational equity, " common concern of humankind ", and common heritage.