Tag: Mauritius
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Mauritius criminalises ecocide
Source: Ecocide International Mauritius has become the latest country to introduce a domestic crime of ecocide. Classified by the United Nations as a Small Island Developing State, it faces significant environmental risks, including sea level rise and pressure on marine ecosystems that underpin key sectors of its economy such as tourism and fisheries. The provision,…
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Legal Loophole Opens $10 Billion Compensation Claim For Mauritius Oil Spill
This is a continuing series of incredible articles by Nishan Degnarain published by Forbes on the Wakashio oil spill in Mauritius. This one is about the legal ramifications and the massive effort of the maritime industry to avoid responsibility and limit its liabilities and the awful and obstructive behaviour of a UN agency – the IMO – which is revealed to be not…