Common responsibilities definition
Common responsibilities means that all parties to the international convention should participate in the response to addressing a global problem. The ‘common responsibilities’ in the principle of CBDR can be interpreted in light of the pre amble of the two treaties that have established the principle. The preamble sets the foundations of a treaty and has “legal force and effect from an interpretive standpoint”.40 The 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development preamble begins by stating the Declaration has the “goal of establishing a new and equitable global partnership” (emphasis added). The UNFCCC preamble also reflects this by beginning the “earth's climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of humankind” (emphasis added). The phrasing does not invoke hard obligations,41 and