Table of Contents

Preface --- Ulrich Beyerlin

Introduction --- Karsten Sach

Enforcement Mechanisms in International Law and International Environmental Law --- Jutta Brunnée

Compliance with the Multilateral Environmental Agreements to Protect the Ozone Layer --- K. Madhava Sarma

Practice of the Implementation Committee under the Convention on long-range Transboundary Air Pollution --- Tuomas Kuokkanen

The Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol --- Rüdiger Wolfrum/Jürgen Friedrich

Ensuring Compliance with the Basel Convention – its Unique Features --- Akiho Shibata

Remarks about the Cites Compliance Regime --- Susan Biniaz

OSPAR Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic --- Alan Simcock

Compliance with the 1992 Convention on the Protection of the Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (the "Helsinki Convention") --- Malgosia Fitzmaurice

Compliance Control in International Conventions on the Protection of the Marine Environment against Oil Pollution --- Thomas A. Mensah

Practice of Compliance Control within the Framework of the Protection of Marine Living Resources --- William R. Edeson

Comment on the Compliance Control Mechanism within the Framework of the International Whaling Convention --- Patricia Birnie

Cross-cutting Issues Related to Ensuring Compliance with MEAs --- Elizabeth Maruma Mrema

Reporting Obligations and Assessment of Reports --- Alexandre Kiss

Ensuring Compliance with Multilateral Environmental Agreements – Systems of Inspection and External Monitoring --- Michael Bothe

Sanctions in Case of Non-Compliance and State Responsibility: pacta sunt servanda – Or Else? --- Peter H. Sand

Technical and Financial Assistance and Compliance: the Interplay --- Laurence Boisson de Chazournes

Financial and Other Incentives for Complying with MEA Obligations --- Nele Matz

The Role of NGOs in the Process of Ensuring Compliance with MEAs --- Astrid Epiney

Non-compliance and Dispute Settlement --- Philippe Sands

Conclusions drawn from the Conference on Ensuring Compliance with MEAs --- Ulrich Beyerlin – Peter-Tobias Stoll – Rüdiger Wolfrum

List of Contributors

Index