implementing legislative and regulatory reforms prohibiting and
punishing the import and dumping of hazardous waste and holding
companies responsible for the protection of human rights and the
environment.
22. The Applicants further request the Court to order the Respondent State to:
i.
Amend its penal code to include general criminal liability for legal
persons;
ii.
Ensure that one or more representatives of the Ministry of the
Environment are assigned to all of its ports, and empower the said
representatives to monitor waste removal operations from ships, as is
done by representatives of the Ministry of Transport;
iii. Organize training courses for the concerned officials with a view to
sensitise them to issues of human rights and environmental protection,
and to include human rights and the environmental protection courses
in school and university curricula.
iv. Develop, after consultation with victims or victims’ associations, a new,
rapid, effective and appropriate compensation program for victims of
toxic waste, which necessarily includes setting up a genuine
compensation fund, and an updated and public national register of
victims;
v.
Pay a token9 One (1) franc CFA to each Applicant as reparation for moral
damage suffered; and
vi. Ensure that the Court's decision is disseminated through national print
and electronic media outlets and that it is published on the official
Government website and remains accessible there for a period of one
year from the date of its notification.
23. In its Response, the Respondent State prays the Court to:
i.
Declare the Application inadmissible;
ii.
Find that the Application does not meet the admissibility requirements
on the ground that the Applicants lack interest;
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See the brief on the merits and reparations of 2 November 2018, page 24, paragraph 5, Sheet No.
001120.
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