Browsing by Author "Jokinen, Ella"

Plastic pollution is a major global environmental challenge that does not spare any corner of the globe. It has been recognised that the earlier international legal framework to address the problem has not been comprehensive or effective. Thus, now, there is a new plastics treaty under negotiations at the United Nations. In Nairobi, where the third round of negotiations was held, activists were demanding decisionmakers to stop waste colonialism. The demand is related to the fact that plastic pollution is most visible in developing countries where waste management systems are inefficient or not existing, even though most of such waste is generated in developed countries. Despite efforts to reduce their exports of plastic waste, developed economies have remained exporters of their plastic waste to developing economies. Thus, this master’s thesis aims to study how colonial structures in international law are contributing to today’s global environmental challenges; and how international law produces waste colonialism. Theoretically, this master’s thesis belongs under an umbrella of law and globalisation; and is based on socio-legal, historical, and comparative approaches to international law.