The Basis of Crimes That Arise From Handling Hazardous Waste and Its Legal Description

Abstract

Many international and regional agreements have been concluded to control the transport of hazardous waste and reduce its harmful effects, which is one of the most important environmental problems facing countries in the world, especially developing countries, because it directly contributes to environmental pollution, including its impact on the human element and all natural components, and internal legislation has been incorporated Rules and obligations related to hazardous waste. The Iraqi legislature and comparative legislation regulate the management of hazardous waste and how to dispose of it, and criminalize illegal dealing with it.

Since hazardous wastes are characterized by the extension of their harmful effects to neighboring countries, and the achievement of the damage resulting from them is slow for a period of time that may be long or short, and the breadth of their scope and the difficulty of controlling them and identifying those affected by them. In terms of the material pillar and the moral pillar, and in terms of the right of the victim in these crimes.