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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 'industrial safety'

The article deals with the question if Austrian citizens have a right to clean air in accordance with the Air Pollution Control Act ("Immissionsschutzgesetz Luft", IG-L), and how such a…
The Platform for the Defence of Southern Cantabria has filed a lawsuit against the Sustainable Energy Plan (2014-2020), in addition to the "invalidity radical" plan, requesting its interim…
The article examines the draft Trade Secrets Directive and the severe threat to freedom of information on the health and environmental impact of company?s operation. On the contrary, the EU is a…