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WELCOME TO THE AARHUS CLEARINGHOUSE
Welcome to the Aarhus Clearinghouse for Environmental Democracy.
This web portal showcases information on laws and practices relevant to the public's right to:
• access environmental information
• participate in environmental decision-making, and
• achieve justice on environmental matters

The Aarhus Clearinghouse provides information relevant to the implementation of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development at the global and regional level, as well as national levels all over the world. It also facilitates the collection, dissemination and exchange of information related to the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (in short: Aarhus Convention).

LATEST NEWS & RESOURCES 'confidentiality of commercial and industrial information'

The guide encourages members of the public to use their right of access to EU documents, to understand how the EU rules are applied and to monitor levels of EU transparency in practice. It also…
The event was dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of the Cartagena Protocol, and it had been supported by the Fund of the Central European Initiatives (CEI).The international conference was a great…
The Toolkit gives an overview of how the public participation principles of the Convention are being harmonised in South Eastern countries, and also provides ideas and advice to public officials on…