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Each of our actions, each of our decisions, has a direct link to whether the world as we know it today will survive, or succumb during the lifetime of our children. Success in combating environmental degradation is dependent on the full participation of all actors in society. One of the major challenges that legal stakeholders in developing countries and countries with economies in transition face is getting access to relevant information and material on environmental law. This publication is designed to meet that demand and serve as a source of reference of basic documents on international environmental law. Publishing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
This work deals with the international response to one of the serious environmental problems we face: transboundary traffic in hazardous wastes. The book analyses the key international treaties in this field, and proposes ways to build a comprehensive global waste management regime.
Compilation Part I includes information reported by parties on issues such as wastes controlled for the purpose of transboundary movement; restrictions on transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes; control procedure of the transboundary movement of waste; reduction and/or elimination of the generation of hazardous wastes and other wastes; reduction of the amount of hazardous wastes and other wastes subject to the transboundary movement; effect on human health and the environment; bilateral, multilateral or regional agreements or arrangements; disposal and recovery facilities operated within the national jurisdiction; and sources of technical and financial assistance. Compilation Part II includes data reported by Parties on generation and transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes; information on disposals which did not proceed as intended; and accidents occurring during the transboundary movements and disposal.
The term “hazardous wastes” covers a wide range of disused products and production wastes generated not only in industrial sectors, but also in all areas of everyday life. Hazardous wastes are to a large extent shipped by sea to third countries for recycling or disposal. While the procedural requirements for such movements are laid out in the 1989 Basel Convention, explicit rules of responsibility and liability for resulting damages are neither provided by the Basel Convention nor by other international conventions. The Liability Protocol to the Basel Convention of 1999 has not yet entered into force. This book examines the existing rules of responsibility and liability applying to States and private persons and outlines the conditions under which liability may be incurred. Subsequently, the advantages and shortcomings of the 1999 Liability Protocol are analyzed. Although this Protocol faces substantial political headwind, from a legal perspective it includes principally useful and reasonable approaches and should therefore be ratified.
In 1989, environmental concerns led to the adoption of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes & their Disposal. This publication outlines some of the facts about the international hazardous waste trade, addressing the issue in the context of sustainable industrial activity in all countries. It also discusses the Basel Convention & looks at some aspects of the reconciliation of environmental & trade objectives in the regulation of the international hazardous waste trade.
This document focuses on recovery operations, which include all steps involved in recovering useable components of wastes. It will be a useful resource for countries building their capacity to manage waste in an environmentally sound and efficient way.--Publisher's description.
Despite the theoretical and practical importance of the question of conflict between treaties, little has been written on the subject. This monograph fills this gap by providing a detailed analysis of the main issues. The book is divided into three parts. The first deals with the definition of conflict, causes of conflict, and different types of conflict. The second part examines different sources of international law in order to identify rules of international law relating to the resolution of conflicts. The third part addresses the actual process of resolving conflicts between treaties. After describing different stages of treaty conflict-resolution, it discusses some special principles advanced for resolving conflicts between certain types of treaties, namely, those relating to the protection of human rights, those concerning dispute settlement, and treaties dealing with private law issues.