International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal

International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal

The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) is a web site [http://www.bhopal.net/oldsite/icjb.html] which claims to be a coalition of organizations and individuals that believe justice has been denied to the victims of the Bhopal Disaster.

tated mission

* To ensure adaquate health care and rehibilitation for the survivors (and their children) of the Bhopal Disaster.
* To achieve a safe environment in Bhopal by proper remediation.
* To bring to trial those charged with crimes, and secure heavy punishment of the guilty.
* To pressure the United States, India, Union Carbide's current owner the Dow Chemical Company to realize these aims.

Beliefs

# The Precautionary Principle
# The Polluter Pays Principle
# The Right to Know
# International Liability
# Environmental Justice

Aims

* To bring Warren Anderson to criminal court in India.

* To bring Union Carbide Corporation to criminal court in India in the corporate person of Dow Chemical which acquired Union Carbide in 2001.

* To get Dow Chemical to
** pay further compensation to the Bhopal Disaster victims;
** pay for the long term health care of the Bhopal Disaster survivors;
** release any medical information about the released gases that they hold as trade secrets;
** pay for the environmental clean-up of the
*** abandoned plant;
*** surrounding land;
*** ground water; and
*** local drinking water supplies;
** provide clean & safe drinking water to communities with polluted water.


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