International Management of Hazardous Wastes: The Basel Convention and Related Legal Rules

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Oxford University Press, 1999 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 455 pages
Uncontrolled transboundary transfer of hazardous wastes was recognized as a major environmental problem in the mid-1980's and it continues to be one of the most serious environmental issues we face at the end of this century. The international community has responded by elaborating pertinent international agreements. Treaties are now in place at global and regional levels, and additional ones are being negotiated. Despite their common aim of protecting the environment against the ill-effects of hazardous wastes, they often differ in stringency as well as scope and membership. This book analyses the key treaties and other international legal rules on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes. It identifies inconsistencies, gaps, and overlaps, and proposes ways to build a comprehensive global regulatory system for the management of hazardous wastes by harmonizing relevant international legal rules.
 

Contents

Preface to the paperback edition
xxiii
The Contribution of the Basel Convention and Related Rules
xliii
Table of Cases
xliv
Table of Legal Instruments of EU and the OECD
lv
Foreword
1
Hazardous Waste Generation in the Future
10
EXISTING AND EMERGING INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RULES RELEVANT TO
16
G Sectoral Pollution Control Regimes
25
CONCLUSIONS
168
DUMPING AND INCINERATION OF WASTES AND OTHER NOXIOUS
176
the purpose of dumping or incineration at sea
186
CONCLUSIONS
205
Existing and Emerging Rules on State Responsibility
214
INSTITUTIONAL SUPERVISION
227
The Contribution of Institutional Supervision to
235
K Civil Liability Under the Global Waste Management Regime
243

an Analysis and Assessment
38
General Obligations
55
E Restrictions on Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
61
H Liability and Compensation
72
Perceived Strengths of the Convention
79
63
87
The Relationship between the Basel Convention and Legal
96
THE BASEL CONVENTION AND ARTICLE 39 OF THE LOMÉ IV CONVENTION
107
Scope of wastes covered
109
THE BASEL CONVENTION AND THE NORTH AMERICAN BILATERAL
113
Hazardous Waste Agreements Currently Under Discussion
119
Ban on imports of hazardous wastes into Africa
122
The Relationship Between the Basel Convention and the Waste
126
B The EU Rules within the Framework of the Basel
137
Is the Existing and Emerging EU Waste Management
154
THE BASEL CONVENTION AND THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF
159
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL HAZARDOUS WASTE
250
O Contribution of the Hazardous Waste Funds to
256
an Emerging Global Waste Management System
261
Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes
272
F Conclusions
278
K Conclusions
284
Decision II12 of the Conference of the Parties to
316
Lomé IV Convention 15 December 1989 Article 39
344
Agreement of Cooperation Between the United States
351
EC Council Regulation on the Supervision and Control
360
OECD Council Decision Concerning the Control
400
London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution
421
Bibliography
430
102
445
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Dr Katharina Kummer Head of Section, Environmental Affairs, in the Political Directorate of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

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