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* The [http://www.conlaw.org/about-clf.htm Constitutional Law Foundation] counts among its purposes to work for the application of the U.S. Constitution's provisions for the protection of posterity and works on the [http://www.conlaw.org/Intergenerational-Intro2.htm Stewardship doctrine] and discuss various historic views on the subject in detail. | * The [http://www.conlaw.org/about-clf.htm Constitutional Law Foundation] counts among its purposes to work for the application of the U.S. Constitution's provisions for the protection of posterity and works on the [http://www.conlaw.org/Intergenerational-Intro2.htm Stewardship doctrine] and discuss various historic views on the subject in detail. | ||
* In 1997 the [http://srzg.de/ Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations] (Stiftung für die Rechte zukünftiger Generationen) was founded, a think-tank that considers intergenerational justice to mean that today's youth and future generations must have at least the same opportunities to meet their own needs as the generation governing today. It publishes the publishes the journal "[http://www.intergenerationaljustice.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=236 Intergenerational Justice Review]" | |||
* 2006 [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Tremmel Jörg Tremmel]: [http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=4218 Handbook of Intergenerational Justice], 366 Pages, ISBN 13-978145429003 ([http://www.intergenerationaljustice.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14 review]) | |||
* In 2007, Kevin Conway put a petition for a [http://www.petitiononline.com/ABORFFG/petition.html plea of future generations] online, of which video versions exist by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTNvJgyB9UA paperbagprince] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z6A80KdtfM SpartacusMoriarty]. | * In 2007, Kevin Conway put a petition for a [http://www.petitiononline.com/ABORFFG/petition.html plea of future generations] online, of which video versions exist by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTNvJgyB9UA paperbagprince] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z6A80KdtfM SpartacusMoriarty]. | ||
* 2009 [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg_Tremmel Jörg Tremmel]: [http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=92802&v=198 A Theory of Intergenerational Justice] ISBN-10: 1844078264 | |||
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What rights do we give to future generations?
Previous efforts on this subject include:
- " Every person has the right to inherit an uncontaminated planet on which all forms of life may flourish. "
- Captain Jacques Cousteau in the early 1990's launched a campaign for a formal resolution to inscribe this first Article of this Bill of Rights in international law. It is carried on by the Custeau Society and in 2001 the motion was deliverd to the Secretary General of the United Nations.
- In 1993, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) joined Cousteau's project as a partner. in 1997, a Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations Towards Future Generations was approved by its General Conference.
- The Constitutional Law Foundation counts among its purposes to work for the application of the U.S. Constitution's provisions for the protection of posterity and works on the Stewardship doctrine and discuss various historic views on the subject in detail.
- In 1997 the Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (Stiftung für die Rechte zukünftiger Generationen) was founded, a think-tank that considers intergenerational justice to mean that today's youth and future generations must have at least the same opportunities to meet their own needs as the generation governing today. It publishes the publishes the journal "Intergenerational Justice Review"
- 2006 Jörg Tremmel: Handbook of Intergenerational Justice, 366 Pages, ISBN 13-978145429003 (review)
- In 2007, Kevin Conway put a petition for a plea of future generations online, of which video versions exist by paperbagprince and SpartacusMoriarty.
- 2009 Jörg Tremmel: A Theory of Intergenerational Justice ISBN-10: 1844078264
Let's come up with a text for a bill of rights that inspires us and our own generation to take the rights of possible future generations as seriously as we take our own rights. Please comment on the discussion page or improve the efforts below.
Bill of Rights of Future Generations
- All possible future generations have a right to exist.
- Future generations have a right to benefit from knowledge of previous generations.
- ...