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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).

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On 3 March 2014, Switzerland ratified the Aarhus Convention and its amendment on genetically modified organisms (GMO amendment), raising the total number of Parties to the Convention to 47 and the…
With Georgia’s ratification of the amendment on genetically modified organisms (GMO amendment) to the Aarhus Convention, the total number of the amendment's Parties raises to 29. UNECE welcomes this…
The Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, John Knox, presented the Aarhus Convention as a “leading example” for a human rights perspective on environmental protection to the Human…