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the toxic truth
W.Th. Douma and J.H.A. van Ham, MenR
2012/42 - annotation to Court of Appeal
Amsterdam 23 December 2011, case nr.
23-003334-10, LJN BU9237, in: Tijdschrift Milieu
en Recht, nr. 3, March 2012, p. 211-220.
375. The MARPOL Convention, in Article 11, subsection
(d), designates a list of receiving facilities
in each state including their location and their
capacity.
376. UNEP/CHW/OEWG/6/2, annex, para. 3 (f), cited
in 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 77, available
at www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
docs/12session/A-HRC-12-26-Add2.pdf
377. Internal Trafigura email dated 17 August 2006
(Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited
and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High Court of
Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No.
HQ06X03370).
378. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp 68-69.
379. www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/News/news/
Trafigura-new-corruption-charges (accessed 24
March 2011).
380. Email 28 January 2011 from Greenpeace to Trafigura’s
PR company Van Kempen and followed
by a telephone call on 31 January 2011.
381. Proces Verbal Claude Dauphin, 28 Septembre
2006, Parquet No. 38/2006.
382. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, p27.
383. Internal Trafigura memorandum dated 23 September
2006, paras 20-23, p5.
384. Internal Trafigura email dated 24 August 2006
(rec# 8254 Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura
Limited and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High
Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim
No. HQ06X03370).
385. Internal Trafigura email dated 24 August 2006
(rec# 9417 Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura
Limited and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High
Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim
No. HQ06X03370).
386. Internal Trafigura email dated 25 August 2006
(rec# 9417 Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura
Limited and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High
Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim
No. HQ06X03370).
387. Statement by Trafigura, 12 June 2009 available
at image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/
documents/2009/06/12/StatementofTrafigura120609.PDF
388. 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 80, available
at www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
docs/12session/A-HRC-12-26-Add2.pdf
389. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp61-2.
390. Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, National Commission
of Enquiry on the toxic waste in the district of
Abidjan, 15 November 2006, pp67-8.
391. Statement by Trafigura, 13 May 2009, available
at news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8049024.stm
(accessed May 2012).
392. Environmental Protection Act, 1990, available
at: www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/43/
contents
393. Email from Trafigura to Univar dated 6 April
2006 (Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura
Limited and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High
Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim
No. HQ06X03370).
394. Email from Falcon Navigation to the Captain
of the Probo Koala dated 15 April 2006 (rec#
13228 Analysis of this slops resulted into
a c.o.d. content of 500.000 Therefore the
slopdisposal [sic] cost are extremely higher than
offered viz. euro 1000,--/cbm.” in the High Court
of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No.
HQ06X03370).
395. 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
5.14: “BMA faxed a ‘Notification of ships waste
and (remainders of) noxious substances’ to the
port authorities. On this form, “1203 WATER”
was filled in for the section “Name of substance
or UN number”, and “554 m 3 ” was filled in for
“Amount of waste to be delivered”.
396. Notification of ships’ waste and (remainders of)
noxious substances (rec# 10130 Yao Essaie
Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited and Trafigura
Beheer BV in the High Court of Justice, Queen’s
Bench Division, Claim No. HQ06X03370).
397. Evidence overview Trafigura Beheer BV, N.
Ahmed, S. Chertov, p14: “De kapitein verklaarde,
daarnaar gevraagd, dat de slops bestonden
uit waswater van het schoonmaken van tanks.”
398. Trafigura Amended Defence 5 December 2008
(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 64.
399. “Samenvatting vonnissen Broom II” (Summary
of verdicts), Part III Assessment of the merits
of the cases, available in Dutch at www.rechtspraak.nl/NR/rdonlyres/B23246A4-B778-4F10-8F76-DBB2E8AE334B/0/SamenvattingvonnissenBROOMIIgeanonimiseerd.pdf
(accessed 25
October 2010). Amnesty International English
translation, p10.
400. 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
8.3.3.5.
401. Verdict on Naeem Ahmed LJN (National Case
Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam,
13/846003-08(PROMIS), para 13.3.3
402. Confirmed by public prosecutor to Greenpeace
in a phone call on 24 October 2011.
403. Verdict on Naeem Ahmed LJN (National Case
Law Number): BN2149, District Court of Amsterdam,
13/846003-08(PROMIS), para 8.3.1.6
404. Verdict on Captain Chertov, LJN (National Case
Number): BN2193, Rechtbank Amsterdam,
13/846004-08 (PROMIS) para 7
405. Verdict on Captain Chertov, LJN (National Case
Number): BN2193, Rechtbank Amsterdam,
13/846004-08 (PROMIS) para 11.3.2
406. “Samenvatting vonnissen Broom II” (Summary
of verdicts), Part IV Consideration of punitive
measures, available in Dutch at www.rechtspraak.nl/NR/rdonlyres/B23246A4-B778-4F10-8F76-DBB2E8AE334B/0/SamenvattingvonnissenBROOMIIgeanonimiseerd.pdf_
Amnesty
International translation p14.
407. Internal Trafigura email dated 17 August 2006
(Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited
and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High Court of
Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No.
HQ06X03370).
408. Trafigura email dated 17 August 2006.
409. Trafigura Amended Defence 5 December 2008
(Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited
and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High Court of
Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No.
HQ06X03370) paras 80-82.3.
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endnotes
410. Trafigura Amended Defence 5 December 2008
(Yao Essaie Motto & Others v Trafigura Limited
and Trafigura Beheer BV in the High Court of
Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Claim No.
HQ06X03370) paras 80-82.3. Email from BMA
to Trafigura c/o Falcon Navigation dated 3 July
2006 (rec# 4696 Yao Essaie Motto & Others v
Trafigura Limited and Trafigura Beheer BV in the
High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division,
Claim No. HQ06X03370): “Approx. 250 cbm
slops were discharged last night. Analysis of
this slops resulted into a c.o.d. content of
500.000 Therefore the slopdisposal [sic] cost
are extremely higher than offered viz. euro
1000,--/cbm.”
411. 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 6.8.
412. 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 6.9.
413. This was exposed during a court action in Norway
and the issue was also covered in a Norwegian
NRK television documentary programme,
in June 2008. See: nrk.no/programmer/tv/
brennpunkt/1.6104693