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721. From witness statement of N’dja Jean Sebastien
Bou, In the matter of the Abidjan personal injury
litigation between Yao Essaie Motto & Others v.
Trafigura Limited and Trafigura Beheer BV in the
High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division,
Claim No. HQ06X03370 and others). 2o March
2009.
722. Trafigura statement in response to the
Guardian articles published on 14 May 2009:
image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/
documents/2009/06/12/StatementofTrafigura120609.PDF,
accessed 23 March 2011
– “It is untrue that Trafigura or its representatives
sought to bribe any witnesses or in any way
misconducted itself in its contacts with witnesses
and claimants; it is also untrue that Trafigura has
in any way sought to exploit the Court procedure
by securing “secret hearings.”
723. Macfarlanes statement to article in Legal Week
15 May 2009: www.legalweek.com/legal-week/
news/1169461/macfarlanes-responds-newsnight-witness-claims,
accessed 23 March 2011
– “We are disappointed that the BBC is seeking
to make such serious and unfounded allegations.
Macfarlanes strenuously rejects all allegations of
impropriety in relation to its handling of this matter.”
When presented the allegations in this report,
Macfarlanes responded that the “firm never acted
improperly or offered any inducements.”
724. Macfarlanes statement to article in Legal Week
15 May 2009: www.legalweek.com/legal-week/
news/1169461/macfarlanes-responds-newsnight-witness-claims,
accessed 23 March 2011
725. Macfarlanes and Trafigura statement to
Newsnight - www.rollonfriday.com/Portals/0/
ArticleFiles/mac_statement.pdf - accessed 23
March 2011
726. As per the joint statement: “In the light of assurances
given to their senior leading counsel
and in view of his advice, Leigh Day withdraw any
allegation that there has been impropriety on the
part of Trafigura or any of its legal advisors, (including
Macfarlanes) in investigating the claims.”
727. A total of 9 drivers have made statements to
Trafigura: 7 drivers, an assistant of a driver who
died in 2008 and a driver who died in 2009. The
nine Ivorian drivers had been hired to take the
toxic waste from the Probo Koala to Akouédo.
728. The full letter, containing a detailed reaction to
Trafigura’s legal representative to the allegations
of bribery and intimidation can be found at:
www.novatv.nl/page/detail/nieuws/17569/ (accessed
23 March 2011). See also email from
Van Kempen Public Relations & Public Affairs
(Dutch PR company working for Trafigura) of May
17: 13:27 to Greenpeace Netherlands.
729. A letter from the public prosecutor (Rooterdam)
to Greeneace Netherlands, 22 June 2012
730. 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 84, available
at www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/
docs/12session/A-HRC-12-26-Add2.pdf, (accessed
26 October 2011).
731. The Telegraph, “Trafigura on trial over illegal exporting
of toxic waste’”, 31 May 2010, available
at www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/
energy/7791004/Trafigura-on-trial-over-illegalexporting-of-toxic-waste.html,
(accessed May
2012), Independent, “Trafigura accused of
flouting public health over toxic cargo”, 2 June
2010, available at www.independent.co.uk/
news/world/europe/trafigura-accused-of-floutingpublic-health-over-toxic-cargo-1988969.html
(accessed May 2012).
732. Minton, Treharne & Davies Ltd, “Minton Report”,
14 September 2006, available at file.wikileaks.
org/file/waterson-toxicwaste-ivorycoast-
%C3%A92009.pdf (accessed May 2012).
733. “To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what
assessment he has made of the effectiveness
of legislation to protect (a) whistleblowers and
(b) press freedom following the injunctions
obtained in the High Court by… (ii) Trafigura
and Carter Ruck solicitors on 11 September
2009 on the publication of the Minton report
on the alleged dumping of toxic waste in the
Ivory Coast, commissioned by Trafigura”; www.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/
cmordbk1/91014w01.htm; See also www.
paulfarrelly.com/news/westminster-news/news.
aspx?p=102173
734. Green Party, “Caroline Lucas delivers maiden
speech to Parliament”, 27 May 2010, available
at liberalconspiracy.org/2010/05/27/carolinelucas-uses-maiden-speech-to-attack-trafigura/
(accessed May 2012). “To ask the Secretary of
State for Justice what assessment he has made
of the effectiveness of legislation to protect (a)
whistleblowers and (b) press freedom following
the injunctions obtained in the High Court by…
(ii) Trafigura and Carter Ruck solicitors on 11
September 2009 on the publication of the Minton
report on the alleged dumping of toxic waste
in the Ivory Coast, commissioned by Trafigura”;
735. Early Day Motion 118, Trafigura and shipping
hazardous waste to the Ivory Coast, tabled 27
May 2010, available at www.parliament.uk/
edm/2010-12/118
736. UK Parliament, Early Day Motion 118,
Trafigura and shipping hazardous waste
to the Côte d’Ivoire, 27 May 2010, edmi.
parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.
aspx?EDMID=41034&SESSION=905 (accessed
May 2012).
737. The Legal Action Group (GAJ) of the FIDH and
the French League for Human Rights (LDH), the
Ivorian League of Human Rights (LIDHO) and the
Ivorian Movement for Human Rights (MIDH)
738. FIDH – L’AFFAIRE DU «PROBO KOALA» OU LA
CATASTROPHE DU DEVERSEMENT DES DECHET
TOXIQUES EN COTE D’IVOIRE, p43.
739. “Réponse du Parquet du Tribunal de Grande
Instance de Paris aux plaintes déposées au
nom des victims ivoiriennes de la pollution environnementale
causée par le navire Probo Koala
dans le port d’Abidjan en août 2006”.
740. See Robin des Bois press release: Probo Koala:
le bateau de la mort en route pour le cimetière.
17 May 2011. available at: www.robindesbois.
org/communiques/dechet/om/2011/le-probokoala-en-route-pour-le-cimetiere.html
741. Article 47, Articles on Responsibility of States
for Internationally Wrongful Acts.
203
endnotes
742. Principle 37, the Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial
Obligations of States in the area of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, available
at www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/humanrights.
743. Principle 37, the Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial
Obligations of States in the area of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, available
at www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/humanrights.