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Professor Jonas Ebbesson urges Swedish gov to return Boliden’s waste to Sweden

Professor Jonas Ebbesson, member of the Arica Victims’ legal team in the trial vs Boliden Mineral, writes an Opinion Editorial in Dagens Nyheter, the most significant newspaper in Sweden.
Referring to international law, Ebbesson says Sweden has an obligation to involve to resolve the situation.
The article is in Swedish and behind a paywall, but will soon be available in English and Spanish.
 
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