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Definition(s)

Subjection to a legal obligation. Liability is civil or criminal according to whether it is enforced by the civil or criminal courts. (Source: GEMET/JCU)

Hierarchy

Narrower: compensation
Related terms: accountability
Used for: principe du pollueur payeur

Concept URI: https://www.informea.org/fr/terms/liability

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with liability

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with liability. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Convention sur la diversité biologique1 article or paragraph
Convention de Bâle1 article or paragraph20 decisions60 documents
Protocole de Cartagena2 articles and paragraphs
Convention de Barcelone1 article or paragraph
Prevention and Emergency Protocol1 article or paragraph
Offshore Protocol2 articles and paragraphs
Protocole « déchets dangereux » 1 article or paragraph
Convention d'Abidjan1 article or paragraph
Convention de Nouméa1 article or paragraph
Convention de Cartagena 1 article or paragraph
Convention de Jeddah1 article or paragraph
Convention de Bamako1 decision
Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol1 article or paragraph

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Presentation of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress