The principle of citizen participation and the right to a healthy environment

Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (replacing the 1969 and 1971 Conventions of the same names) (see p 207, below) and the 1960 Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (Paris), with 1963 Supplementary Convention (Brussels). Examples in domestic law include ‘causing water pollution’ (s 85, Water Resources Act 1991); ‘unlawful keeping, depositing or treating of waste’ (s 33 of the EPA 1990). For a recent proposal seeking to implement the polluter pays principle see the European Commission’s White Paper on Environmental Liability, pp 84-86, below; for a discussion of the principle in the context of marine oil pollution, see pp 207-12, below.