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To undertake, in consultation with the relevant United Nations bodies and organisations and the secretariats of relevant international conventions, a global, multidisciplinary and comprehensive study of existing problems of and solutions to illicit traffic in and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes, in particular in developing countries, with a view to making concrete recommendations and proposals on adequate measures to control, reduce and eradicate these phenomena. In particular, the Special Rapporteur will examine:
- ·persons killed, maimed or otherwise injured in developing countries through the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes;
- ·the question of the impunity of the perpetrators of these crimes, including racially motivated discriminatory practices, and measures to bring them to an end;
- ·the question of rehabilitation of and assistance to victims;
- ·the scope of national legislation in relation to transboundary movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes;
- ·the question of fraudulent waste-recycling programmes;
- ·the transfer of polluting industries, industrial activities and technologies from the developed to developing countries;
- ·ambiguities in international instruments that allow illegal movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes; and
- ·any gaps in the effectiveness of the international regulatory mechanisms.
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