(c) Liability and compensation restitution for environmental damage

Item 5 (g) Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation (decision VII 28)

Another delegation pointed out that the issue of liability in relation to the question of compensation could be dealt with under the topic international liability .

The organization's total liability for such unpaid accrued leave compensation is estimated to be 27.8 million.

The organization's total liability for such unpaid accrued leave compensation is estimated to be 27.8 million.

Protocol to Amend the 1963 Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage

Models of existing liability and compensation regimes revealed that State liability was more of an exception than the rule. However, the attachment of primary liability to the operator was not intended to absolve the State from discharging its own duties of prevention under international law.

Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Basel, 10 December 1999

The draft principles sought to regulate compensation liability and damage allocation from the perspective of general principles its balanced provisions would contribute significantly to the resolution of issues relating to compensation for transboundary damage.

For that reason, victim compensation and determination of the liability of the operator or State were important issues which the international community must resolve.

The third related to the development of rules or principles governing compensation and liability in the event of an accident occurring. Those three aspects were part of a continuum since, if prevention and response were effective, issues of compensation and liability need never arise or at least would not involve such high levels of loss.

Thus, it stressed the need to develop national law on liability and compensation, and to achieve cost internalization, taking into account the polluter pays principle.

The notion of liability and compensation for victims was duly reflected in principle 22 of the Stockholm Declaration and principle 13 of the Rio Declaration.

IMO is preparing an international convention on liability and compensation for the transport of hazardous and noxious substances by sea, due for completion by 1993.

Latvia (criminal liability) and Mexico (liability in general).

the standard of liability (strict liability was favoured)

There is a strong view that the channelling of liability to the shipowner would be inappropriate and that the Parties to the Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy and the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage must ensure provision in those Conventions for this type of compensation.

273. Referring to article 14 of the Convention, members of the Committee wished to know whether there were criminal injuries compensation schemes in the dependent territories and whether the principle of vicarious liability of the State applied with regard to compensation.

In the context of the continuing discussion in the International Atomic Energy Agency to establish a comprehensive international legal regime on liability, the Forum considered that the region should support the establishment of a credible civil liability regime with adequate compensation levels.

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The fact that the draft principle, in contrast to existing liability regimes, accords the right of compensation to both natural and legal persons, including States, was welcomed.

Despite the assurances provided by shipping States, the Group remained concerned that the arrangements for liability and compensation did not adequately address the risks posed by shipments.

Article 20 (2) of the Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters, Kiev, 2003, provides

Chairman of the Working Group on Liability and Compensation for Environmental Damage at the International Conference on Legal and Policy Experts on the Environment, Ottawa, February 1989.

Some delegations registered their expectation that the regime governing liability and compensation aspects of the topic would be cast as draft articles matching the draft articles on prevention.

The Organization's liability for such unpaid accrued vacation compensation in respect of peacekeeping operations is estimated to be between 45 million and 50 million at 30 June 2005

It is also essential to establish a generally acceptable, predictable and effective liability regime with broad participation in order to provide prompt and fair compensation for nuclear damage.

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