241. The Applicants further pray the Court to order the Respondent State to
amend its criminal law to introduce general criminal liability for legal
persons.
242. The Applicants pray the Court to order the Respondent State to organise
training programmes for relevant civil servants in order to raise their
awareness of human rights and environmental protection issues. Finally,
they pray that the Respondent State include awareness of respect for
human rights and the environment in school and university curricula.
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243. The Respondent State did not submit on this point.
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244. The Court recalls that guarantees of non-repetition aim to ensure that no
further violations occur. As a form of reparation, they serve to prevent
future violations, stop ongoing violations and reassure victims of past
violations that the harm they suffered will not reoccur. The objective of
guarantees of non-repetition is to eliminate the structural causes of
violence in society, which are often conducive to an environment in which
dehumanising practices such as torture and other ill-treatment take place
and are not publicly condemned or adequately punished.81
245. In the present case, the Court orders the Respondent State to implement
legislative and regulatory reforms prohibiting the import and dumping of
hazardous waste in its territory in line with its obligations under the Bamako
Convention and other applicable instruments.
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African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights - General Comment No. 4 on the African Charter
on Human and Peoples' Rights: The Right to Reparation for Victims of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Article 5), § 45.
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