L'exportation de Pesticides Interdits Vers l'Afrique et l'Amérique Centrale

The document argues that exporting pesticides banned in their country of origin to Africa and Central America violates the Bamako Convention, the Central American Agreement, and the Basel Convention, as these substances are defined as hazardous waste by the importing nations. It asserts that European states and other Basel Convention parties (such as Canada, China, and Russia) are failing their international legal and human rights obligations by allowing this trade, which harms health and ecosystems in low- and middle-income countries.

• Exporting pesticides that are banned or not approved in Europe to parties of the Bamako Convention in Africa and the Central American Agreement constitutes a violation of these regional treaties, as these instruments classify such substances as hazardous waste.
• Exports of banned pesticides to several specific countries violate the Basel Convention because Article 1.1.b. includes waste defined as hazardous by the importing party's national legislation. The affected countries include Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mali, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Togo.
• European states and other parties to the Basel Convention have a legal obligation to prohibit the export of banned or unapproved pesticides to states that define them as hazardous waste under international law.
• The failure of European states to ban the export of these pesticides violates international human rights obligations by infringing upon the right to health in importing states.
• The legal analysis extends beyond Europe to include other Basel Convention parties such as Canada, China, and Russia, who are also in breach of international obligations if they export substances banned in their own territories to parties of the Bamako Convention or the Central American Agreement.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (n.d.). L'exportation de Pesticides Interdits Vers l'Afrique et l'Amérique Centrale. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lexportation-de-Pesticides-Interdits_FR.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. L'exportation de Pesticides Interdits Vers l'Afrique et l'Amérique Centrale. n.d. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lexportation-de-Pesticides-Interdits_FR.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallawndlexportation, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{L'exportation de Pesticides Interdits Vers l'Afrique et l'Amérique Centrale}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lexportation-de-Pesticides-Interdits_FR.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }