Non-compliance mechanisms and the proposed center for the prevention and management of environmental disputes

1. INTRODUCTION
2. NON-COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED WITHIN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AL AGREEMENTS
2.1. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
2.2. Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
2.3. Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
3. NON-COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES ESTABLISHED WITHIN REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
3.1. Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
3.2. Convention on the Protection of the Alps
3.3. Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
3.4. Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
4. NON-COMPLIANCE MECHANISMS AND PROCEDURES CURRENTL Y UNDER NEGOTIATION
4.1. The Convention to Combat Desertification
4.2. The PIC Convention
4.3. The Cartagena Protocol 011 Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity
4.4. The POPs Convention
5. THE PROPOSED CENTRE FOR THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES
5.1. The Functions of the Centre
5.2. Relationship between Non-Compliance Mechanisms and Procedures under Multilateral Environmental Agreements and the Proposed Centre far the Prevention and Management of Environmental Disputes
6. CONCLUSIONS