Since UNEP’s establishment, environmental law has been one of the priority areas of UNEP, in line with the mandate accorded by the UN General Assembly Resolution 2997 (XXVII) and subsequent decisions of the Governing Council of UNEP.

UNEP’s Environmental Law activities are carried out within the framework of strategic Programmes for the Development and Periodic Review of environmental Law (The Montevideo Programmes) approved by the Governing Council every ten years. ...More »