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242. Trafigura Amended Defence, 5 December, para
80 (Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited
and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High Court
of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No.
HQ06X03370), para 282.
243. Leigh Day & Co and Trafigura, Agreed Joint Statement,
19 September 2009, available at www.
trafigura.com/our_news/probo_koala_updates.
aspx (accessed 13 March 2012), stated: “...
the slops could at worst have caused a range
of short term low-level flu like symptoms and
anxiety”.
244. www.rnw.nl/english/article/greenpeace-trafiguraadvertisement-was-misleading
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Trafigura director Eric de Turckheim said after
the settlement: “From day one, we maintained
that the ‘trial by media’ initiated against us by
Leigh Day & Co, and subsequently taken up by
journalists working for the BBC and the Guardian,
Independent, NRK in Norway, and Volkskrant
and Greenpeace in Holland amongst others,
was utterly wrong and inappropriate. The English
legal system, and not the media, should have
been the sole arbiter of this entire process.”
245. Amnesty International English translation of
verdict on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National
Case Law Number): BN2149, District Court of
Amsterdam, 13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para
6.1,6.2.
246. Amnesty International English translation of verdict
on Trafigura Beheer BV, LJN (National Case
Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam,
13/846003-06 (PROMIS), para 6.10
247. www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/nieuws/article/
detail/1114927/2010/07/24/Rechter-laat-weinig-heel-van-verweer-Trafigura.dhtml
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248. www.greenpeace.nl/Nieuws_2011/Gif-of-geengif-hoe-Trafigura-haar-straatje-schoonveegt/
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249. www.jaffevink.nl/ (accessed 19 June 2012)
250. archief.nrc.nl/index.php/2011/November/14/
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251. Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited
and Trafigura Beheer BV, “Witness statement
of Tiemoko Bleu (GP in the military hospital in
Abidjan during the crisis)”, in the High Court
of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No.
HQ06X03370, HQ06X03393, HQ07X00599,
HQ07X01068, HQ07X01604, HQ07X02192,
undated, para 14,18 (Leigh Day translation).
252. Witness statements taken from doctors show
how the medical personnel who responded to
the crisis struggled, because they, too, were
affected by the waste. Witness statement of
Enokou Leon Assoa, Military Hospital employee:
“...because the odour at the hospital itself was
so unbearable, many of the hospital staff stayed
away from work for several days.” Yao Essaie
Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited and Trafigura
Beheer BV, “Witness statement of Enokou Leon
Assoa – HMA employee”, in the High Court
of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No.
HQ06X03370, HQ06X03393, HQ07X00599,
HQ07X01068, HQ07X01604, HQ07X02192, 6
August 2008, para 11 (Leigh Day translation).
253. WHO, Position on Toxic Waste in Côte d’Ivoire,
SITREP No5, 13 September 2006, p1.
254. WHO, Position on Toxic Waste in Côte d’Ivoire,
SITREP No. 5, 13 September 2006.
255. International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies, Côte d’Ivoire, Health Hazard,
Final Report, DREF Bulletin, 11 July 2007, p3,
available at www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/06/
MDRCI001fr.pdf (accessed 20 October 2011)
256. Dr K. Amnesty International interview, June
2011.
257. Okechukwu Ibeanu, Report of the Special Rapporteur
on the adverse effects of the movement
and dumping of toxic and dangerous products
and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights,
Addendum, Human Rights Council, Twelfth session,
Agenda item 3, Doc UN A/HRC/12/26/
Add.2, 3 September 2009, para 60, available
at www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
docs/12session/A-HRC-12-26-Add2.pdf (accessed
May 2012).
258. Okechukwu Ibeanu, Report of the Special Rapporteur
on the adverse effects of the movement
and dumping of toxic and dangerous products
and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights,
Addendum, Human Rights Council, Twelfth session,
Agenda item 3, Doc UN A/HRC/12/26/
Add.2, 3 September 2009, para 60, available
at www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
docs/12session/A-HRC-12-26-Add2.pdf (accessed
May 2012).
BA-NDAW Safiatou, Cellule opérationnelle de
coordination du Plan National de Lutte contre
les Déchets toxiques, ‘Synthèse Communication
sur la crise des déchets toxiques dans le
district d’Abidjan’, 29 November 2006.
259. Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited
and Trafigura Beheer BV, “Witness statement of
Yao Essaie Motto”, in the High Court of Justice,
Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No. HQ06X03370,
HQ06X03393, HQ07X00599, HQ07X01068,
HQ07X01604, HQ07X02192, 3 March 2008,
paras 22,23 (Leigh Day translation).
260. Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited
and Trafigura Beheer BV, “Witness statement
of Manasse Goule (SAMU’s GP)”, “Witness
statement of Manasse Goule (SAMU’s GP)”, in
the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division,
Claim No. HQ06X03370, HQ06X03393,
HQ07X00599, HQ07X01068, HQ07X01604,
HQ07X02192, undated, paras 15-16 (Leigh Day
translation).
261. “The operation took place from 25 August to
31 October, when the government took the
view that cases of intoxication were fewer.”
Hôpital Militaire d’Abidjan,“Bilan de Gestion des
Victimes de Déchets Toxiques”, 30 November
2006, p2. Attached to Yao Essaie Motto &
Others v Trafigura Limited and Trafigura Beheer
BV, “Witness statement of Tiemoko Bleu”, in
the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division,
Claim No. HQ06X03370, HQ06X03393,
HQ07X00599, HQ07X01068, HQ07X01604,
HQ07X02192, 4 December 2008. www.onuci.
org/pdf/situationpenitentiaires.pdf
262. In November 2006, there were between 4,350
and 4,500 inmates. ONUCI, “Rapport sur la
situation des établissements pénitentiaires en
Côte d’Ivoire”, available at www.onuci.org/pdf/
situationpenitentiaires.pdf p30 (accessed 13
March 2012).
263. Dr Bouaffou, prison doctor, Amnesty International
interview, June 2011, by phone.
264. Amnesty International interviews, February 2009
(in Abidjan) and June 2011, by phone.
265. Dr Bouaffou, Amnesty International interview,
February 2009 and June 2011.
266. Dr Bouaffou, Amnesty International interview,
June 2011.
267. Amnesty International interview, June 2011.
268. Amnesty International interview, June 2011.
269. Dr Bouaffou, Amnesty International interview,
February 2009 and June 2011.
270. Dr Bouaffou, Amnesty International interview,
February 2009
271. Dr Bouaffou, Amnesty International interview,
February 2009 and June 2011.
272. Witness statement of a member of the Collectif
des Travailleurs de Vridi, Interview with Amnesty
International mission in Côte d’Ivoire , February
2009.
273. The incidents of public protest were reported in
the local and international media at the time.
See, for example, Terra Daily, “Residents Riot
as Côte d’Ivoire Promises Start to Toxic Waste
Clean-up”, 15 September 2006, at: www.terradaily.com/reports/Residents_Riot_As_Ivory_
Coast_Promises_Start_To_Toxic_Waste_Clean_
Up_999.html. Los Angeles Times, “Ivorians
Incensed Over Toxins”, 16 September 2006,
at articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/16/world/
fg-toxic16
274. WHO, Position on Toxic Waste in Ivory Coast,
SITREP No. 3, 9 September 2006, p1.
189
endnotes
275. Amnesty International interviews with Chef
Motto, Françoise Kouadio and Dr K., May 2011,
January 2012 and December 2010 respectively.
276. OHCA Situation Report No. 12, 4 October 2006.