by Subhrakant Biswal | Dec 7, 2022 | International, Law and Policy
minamata convention Recognizing that mercury is a chemical of global concern owing to its long-range atmospheric transport, its persistence in the environment once anthropogenically introduced, its ability to bioaccumulate in ecosystems and its significant negative...
by Subhrakant Biswal | Dec 7, 2022 | International, Law and Policy
Stockholm Convention The Stockholm Convention is a globally binding international treaty that aims to eliminate or restrict the production, use, storage, trade and storage of Persistent Organic Pollutants (PoPs). The initiative for this was taken by the governing...
by Subhrakant Biswal | Dec 7, 2022 | International, Law and Policy
SAICM SAICM (Strategic Approach to Chemical Management) is a global policy and strategy adopted by the Governments and stakeholders in the first International Chemical Conference on Chemical Management (ICCM-1), held in Dubai, February 2006. Though SAICM is not...
by Subhrakant Biswal | Dec 7, 2022 | International, Law and Policy
Rotterdam Convention The Rotterdam Convention (formally, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade) is a multilateral treaty to promote shared responsibilities in relation to...
by Subhrakant Biswal | Dec 7, 2022 | International, Law and Policy
Johannesburg Declaration The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development was adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), sometimes referred to as Earth Summit 2002, at which the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable...
by Subhrakant Biswal | Dec 7, 2022 | International, Law and Policy
Basel Convention The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was adopted on 22 March 1989 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Basel, Switzerland, in response to a public outcry following the discovery, in...
