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Russian Dumping Of Radioactive Wastes In The Sea Of Japan: An Opportunity To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of The London Convention 1972, James R. Mccullagh
Russian Dumping Of Radioactive Wastes In The Sea Of Japan: An Opportunity To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of The London Convention 1972, James R. Mccullagh
Washington International Law Journal
By dumping 900 tons of radioactive waste into the Sea of Japan on October, 13, 1993, the Russian navy violated the moratorium on low-level radioactive waste dumping of the London Convention (the international treaty controlling ocean dumping). However, legal liability under the London Convention, the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and international customary law arguably does not attach to this activity. Indeed, even though the London Convention was amended in November of 1993 to prohibit all ocean dumping of radioactive waste, Russia remains legally entitled to use the ocean as a disposal site for low-level …
Deforestation In Cambodia And Malaysia: The Case For An International Legal Solution, Heather A. Wolf
Deforestation In Cambodia And Malaysia: The Case For An International Legal Solution, Heather A. Wolf
Washington International Law Journal
The logging of tropical timber for the export market is the primary cause of deforestation in Southeast Asia. The problem of controlling the tropical timber trade has been addressed on both the national and international level. The existing legal mechanisms, however, have proven to be inadequate. A new multilateral agreement based on the import and export permit system of the Basel Agreement is necessary to control the timber trade and to aid in halting deforestation.