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International management of hazardous wastes : the Basel Convention and related legal rules /

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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 in...

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Main Author: Kummer, Katharina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995.
Series:Oxford monographs in international law.
Subjects:
Hazardous wastes > Transportation > Law and legislation.
Environmental law, International.
Environmental law, International
Hazardous wastes > Transportation > Law and legislation
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Legal Instruments of the EU and the OECD
  • Table of Treaties and other International Legal Instruments
  • 1. Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes International in Law
  • 2. The Basel Convention: an Analysis and Assessment
  • 3. The Basel Convention as an Umbrella for Regional Hazardous Waste Treaties
  • 4. The Relationship Between the Basel Convention and the Waste Management Systems of the EU and the OECD
  • 5. The Basel Convention Regime and Sectoral Pollution Control Treaties
  • 6. Ensuring Compliance: Relevant Concepts and Mechanisms
  • 7. The Contribution of the Basel Convention and Related Rules to and Emerging Global Waste Management System
  • App. I Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (22 March 1989)
  • App. II Decision II/12 of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (2nd Meeting) 25 March 1994).