About us

Publications
Katharina Kummer Peiry, MLaw (Zurich), Ph.D. (London)

AWARENESS RAISING / NON SPECIALIST

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Environmental policy (general)

Privatwirtschaft und Umweltschutz, in: Schweizer Monatshefte Nr. 09/10

2006

 

Sustainable development

 

The three pillars of sustainable development: Where do we stand after 20 years?, in: Partnerships for the Planet - Stories from Geneva (published by Swiss Confederation / United Nations Environment Programme / World Conservation Union / World Business Council for Sustainable  Development)

2007

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Public Health in International Law: the Contribution of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Editorial), in Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2002, 80 (12).

2002

 

Wastes and related issues

 

Turning Wastes into Resources While Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Contribution to a Green Economy (Guest Article No. 55), in: Climate Change and Policy Practice (published by International Institute on Sustainable Development (IISD))

2011

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Destruction of ODS and POPs banks: Synergies amoung four Conventions in a regional bottom-up approach, in: OzonAction, Special Issue 2011 (published by United Nations Environment Programme)

2011

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes  and their Disposal (Basel, March 1989), in: United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

2010

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Accepted and Hidden Realities of the Basel Ban on Hazardous Waste Exports, in: BNA International Environment Reporter, Vol. 23/No. 21, October 2000.

2000

 

Genetically modified organisms and liability

 

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International procedures governing transboundary litigation on alleged LMO damages: An overview of existing approaches (published by Kummer EcoConsult)

2006

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Biosafety Protocol Process on Liability and Redress: Food for Thought on Key Issues (published by Kummer EcoConsult)

2005

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International Civil Liability for Environmental Damage: Lessons Learned, in: Compilation of Expert Papers concerning Liability and Redress and Living Modified Organisms (published by CropLife International)

2004

ACADEMIC

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Legal and institutional issues (general)

 

Privatwirtschaft und Umweltschutz: Die Beteiligung der Wirtschaft an internationalen Konventionen, in: H.N. Janowski / Th. Leuenberger (Hrsg.), Globale Akteure der Entwicklung: Die neuen Szenarien, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2008
Auswirkungen eines EU-Beitritts der Schweiz auf die Landwirtschaft und Umwelt (Kommentar), in: Th. Cottier / R. Liechti-McKee (Hrsg.), Die Schweiz und Europa: Wirtschaftliche Integration und institutionelle Abstinenz, vdf Hochschulverlag AG an der ETH Zürich 2008
Prior Informed Consent, in: Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law, Oxford University Press, New York  2007

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International financial mechanisms to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction: What makes them successful? in: Environmental Policy and Law 36/3-4

2006

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Providing Incentives to Comply with International Environmental Agreements: An Alternative to Sanctions? in: European Environmental Law Review 3/9

1994

 

Hazardous wastes and chemicals

 

International Management of Hazardous Wastes: The Basel Convention and Related Legal Rules (Oxford Monographs in International Law), Oxford University Press, Oxford

1995/2000

[260 KB] Turning wastes into valuable resources: A means to promote compliance with international obligations?, in: Environmental Policy and Law 41/4-5 2011
[413 KB] International Chemicals and Waste Management, in: M. Fitzmaurice / D.M. Ong / P. Merkouris (Eds.), Research Handbook on International Environmental Law, Edward Elgar Publishers 2011
Circular Economy and EPR Mechanism in China:  Current Situation and Perspective, co-authored with Wang Xuejun, in: Y. Hotta et al. (Eds.), Extended Producer Responsibility in East Asia, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan 2009
Basel Convention, in: Encyclopaedia of Global Change, Oxford University Press, New York 2002

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Prior Informed Consent for Chemicals in International Trade: The 1998 Rotterdam Convention, in Review of European Community and International Law (RECIEL), Vol. 8/3

1999

Le droit des déchets dans le contexte international, in: Le Droit de l’environnement dans la pratique, Vol. 13/4

1999

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The Basel Convention: Ten Years On, in: Review of European Community and International Law (RECIEL) Vol. 7/3

1998

La réglementation des activités et des substances à risque: Les mouvements transfrontières de déchets dangereux, in: C. Dommen / P. Cullet (Eds.), Droit international de l’environnement: Textes de base et références, Genève

1998

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Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes: Learning from Regional Free Trade Regimes, in: J. Cameron / A. Fijalkowski (Eds.), Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements - Ways and Means, The Hague / London

1998

 

Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes at the Interface of Environment and Trade, UNEP Environment and Trade Monograph No. 7, Nairobi

1994

Minimization and Control of International Traffic in Hazardous Wastes: Ensuring Compliance with International Rules. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Acapulco, Mexico

1993

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The International Regulation of Transboundary Traffic in Hazardous Wastes: The 1989 Basel Convention, in: The International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ), Vol. 41(1992)530. Reprinted in: A. D’Amato / K. Engel (Eds.), International Environmental Law Anthology, Cincinnati, 1996; and in P. Pevato (Ed.), International Environmental Law (Vol II), Ashgate Dartmouth, 2003

1992

 

The Year in Review: Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes, in: Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Volumes 2 and Vol. 3

1991/1992

 

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, co-authored with Iwona Rummel-Bulska, UNEP Environmental Law Library No. 2, Nairobi

1990

Genetically Modified Organisms

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An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (R. Mackenzie, F. Burhenne-Guilmin, A. La Viña, J. Werksman in cooperation with A. Ascencio, J. Kinderlerer, K. Kummer, R. Tapper), edited by IUCN, FIELD and WRI

2003

Legal and Institutional Issues, in: The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Christoph Bail / Helen Marquard (Eds.), Earthscan Publications, London

2002

 

Other areas

 

 

The Year in Review: Country Report Switzerland (K. Kummer / M. Frieden), in: Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Volume 7

1996

 

The Year in Review: The Process 'Environment for Europe' (Special Report), in: Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Volumes 5 and 6

1994/1995

 

Marine Environment and Marine Pollution (A.E. Boyle, D.A.C. Freestone, K. Kummer and D.M. Ong), in: P.H. Sand (Ed.), The Effectiveness of International Environmental Agreements, Grotius Publications, Cambridge

1992









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