Global environmental issues require continuous monitoring, ongoing management, and the periodic recalibration of policies and responses. The recent trend in international environmental law is toward the use of non-adversarial conciliation and non-compliance mechanisms in addition to the right to go to arbitration and to international tribunals. By examining the mechanisms currently existing to enforce multilateral international environmental treaties this paper discusses a variety of considerations and consequences these compliance systems entail and presents several suggestions to enhance the current system.
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