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474. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p99
457. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp78-81.
475. Décrets n° 2006-396, 2006-397 et 2006-398 du 26 novembre 2006.
458. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p31. 459. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p71. 460. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p36. 461. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p36. 462. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p78. 463. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p78. 464. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p79. 465. “N’ont pas vérifié si l’importation de ces déchets était ‘compatible avec une gestion efficace et écologiquement rationnelle desdits déchets”, ni si elle était effectuée “de manière à protéger la santé humaine et l’environnement contre les effets nocifs qui pourraient en résulter” International Commission of Inquiry on Toxic Waste, 19 February 2007, p69. 466. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006. 467. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p74 468. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p74 469. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p72 470. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p72 471. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p52. 472. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp72, 73,74,75. 473. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p98
476. “Affaire des déchets toxiques : Konan Banny défie Gbagbo” ,Afrik.com, 28 November 2006, available at www.afrik.com/article10766.html (last accessed 13 March 2012) 477. Decree 91-662 establishing CIAPOL and its mandate, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p86-7. 478. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p36. 479. Okechukwu Ibeanu, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights, Addendum, Human Rights Council, Twelfth session, Agenda item 3, Doc UN A/HRC/12/26/ Add.2, 3 September 2009, para 58. 480. Law 2001-478, 9 August 2001, concerning the Statute of the District of Abidjan; Law 2003-208, 7 July 2003, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p88. 481. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp88-91. 482. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp 92 and 93. 483. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp88-95. 484. Procès Verbal, 11 January 2007, Djedi Amondi Pierre. 485. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p89. 486. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p95. 487. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment 14 on the right to health , para 15. 488. Basel Convention; Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within Africa 489. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment 14 on the right to health, para 16. 490. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment 14 on the right to health, para 11, General Comment 15 on the Right to Water, para 48. 491. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment 14, para 11.
492. Notification of ships’ waste and (remainders of) noxious substances (rec# 10130 Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No. HQ06X03370. 493. Amnesty International English translation of verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam, 13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 5.15. 494. Amnesty International English translation of verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam, 13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 8.3.3.11. Bewijsoverzicht Amsterdam Port Services B.V., E.M.Uittenbosch Feit 2: artikel 10.1 Wm Amsterdam 15 juni 2010, l.W. Boogert en R.S. Mackor Officieren van Justitie, p17. 495. Okechukwu Ibeanu, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights, Addendum, Human Rights Council, Twelfth session, Agenda item 3, Doc UN A/HRC/12/26/ Add.2, 3 September 2009, page 8, para 24, available at www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/12session/A-HRC-12-26-Add2.pdf 496. Amnesty International English translation of verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam, 13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 5.17. 497. Amnesty International English translation of verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam, 13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 5.17-5.29. 498. www.imo.org/blast/mainframe.asp?topic_ id=159 499. Amnesty International English translation of verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam, 13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 5.26. 500. Although Paldiski was given as the port of destination, this was not given as the destination for delivery of the waste. With regard to the waste the Probo Koala was instructed to go “to sea for orders”. (The Hulshof Report of Findings, from the investigation into the state of affairs around the arrival, stay and departure of the Probo Koala, 30 November 2006, p30) and Trafigura also stated that the waste would be disposed of “at the next convenient opportunity” (Amnesty International English translation of verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam, 13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 5.17) 501. Annex to Kabinetsstandpunt Probo Koala, 16 May 2007, p7. https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/dossier/22343/kst-22343-169-b1?re sultIndex=161&sorttype=1&sortorder=4. 502. MARPOL Convention, Article 2(3)(a): “Discharge, in relation to harmful substances or effluents containing such substances, means any release howsoever caused from a ship and includes any escape, disposal, spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting or emptying.”