Abstract
Legal challenges associated with environmental issues are among the biggest in the world, since it requires a comprehensive understanding of the environment without any political boundaries. Acknowledging new paradigms is only possible by integrating the quality of life for every human being to the law system as a supreme guardianship good. A common factor connecting the concept of environment and sustainable development is the fact that all three converge around the human being, the central protagonist responsible both individually and collectively for his own future and the future of the planet. The gender perspective must be integrated into the sustainable development management process in order to improve quality of life since the concept of equality it covers also implies gender equity. To analyze how gender is incorporated into international environmental protection and to make adequate conclusions about its current state, the most relevant juridical instruments have been considered.