ABSTRACT
The 1989 Convention on the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (28 ILM (1989) 657) is intended to establish a global regime for the control of international trade in hazardous and other wastes (see Art 1). As Sands notes, these rules are designed to regulate trade in hazardous wastes, rather than prohibit it (Sands (1995) 504). This accords with the view that in the absence of a wider consensus among exporting and importing States, it cannot be said that a policy of ending all trade in hazardous wastes has prevailed at a global level (Birnie and Boyle (1992) 333).
