Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

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The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal is a global environmental treaty that regulates and restricts international trade in hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment, particularly in developing countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international treaty ⓘ
multilateral environmental agreement ⓘ
administeredBy United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
adoptedAt Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt
adoptedIn 1989 ⓘ
adoptedInCountry Switzerland ⓘ
aim environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes ⓘ
protection of human health from hazardous wastes ⓘ
protection of the environment from hazardous wastes ⓘ
reduction of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes ⓘ
category treaty on environmental protection ⓘ
treaty on waste management ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
encourages minimization of hazardous waste generation ⓘ
treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes as close as possible to their source of generation ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1992 ⓘ
establishes Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention ⓘ
focusesOn protection of developing countries from hazardous waste imports ⓘ
formsClusterWith Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ⓘ
geographicScope global ⓘ
hasAmendment Basel Ban Amendment ⓘ
hasProtocol Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
namedAfter Basel ⓘ
linked to: Basel-Stadt
openedForSignature 1989 ⓘ
principle environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes ⓘ
prior informed consent procedure ⓘ
proximity principle ⓘ
self-sufficiency in waste disposal ⓘ
prohibits export of hazardous wastes to non-parties without special agreements ⓘ
protects human health ⓘ
the environment ⓘ
regulates transboundary movements of hazardous wastes ⓘ
transboundary movements of other wastes ⓘ
relatedTo Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ⓘ
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ⓘ
requires prior informed consent for transboundary movements of hazardous wastes ⓘ
secretariatLocation Geneva ⓘ
secretariatLocationCountry Switzerland ⓘ
shortName Basel Convention ⓘ
subject hazardous waste ⓘ
hazardous waste disposal ⓘ
transboundary movement of waste ⓘ

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Minamata Convention on Mercury → relatedTo → Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal ⓘ
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Hong Kong Ship Recycling Convention → relatedTo → Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal ⓘ
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