10 May 2023
18:15–19:45

Venue: CICG | Room 3 & Online | YouTube

Organization: Basel Action Network, Center for International Environmental Law

This side event to the the 2023 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions is organized by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Basel Action Network (BAN), which will present three cases of Parties to the Basel Convention, including the EU, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, Mexico and Canada, all misusing Article 11 of the Basel Convention to avoid adopting and implementing the new Plastic Waste Amendments.

About this Event

The Basel Action Network and the Center for International Environmental Law present three cases of Parties to the Basel Convention, including the EU, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, Mexico and Canada, all misusing Article 11 of the Basel Convention to avoid adopting and implementing the new Plastic Waste Amendments. BAN and CIEL assert that these agreements are illegal and unacceptable examples of non-compliance under the Convention.

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Livestreamed from CICG.

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