Formation and Development of "Future Generation Rights" Concept in International Environmental Law

Irregular utilization as well as environmental damages by mankind caused concerns for future generation. Identifying the rights of future generation is an important step to achieve to sustainable development. In this regard, conservation of environment, reasonable and fair utilization of sources to reach to a distinct future that ensures the rights of future generation are supposed as the duty of international community. So, the concept of "future generation rights" that firstly entered to international arena after ratification of United Nations charter 1945 and then developed by Stockholm declaration (1972) in international environmental law. Nevertheless, the concept of "future generation rights" as a moral and normalized principle is faced with many ambiguities. In the first chapter, legal ambiguities of this concept from different aspects regarding international law are examined. In the second chapter, in order to study legal basis of this concept in international environmental law, its status in binding and non-binding law is observed .in Chapter three we try to have a look at implementation of this concept in international environmental law. At the end, in fourth chapter collecting data, conclusion and suggestions are performed to attain a better realization of this concept implementation in international environmental law.