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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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The Command Paper, and the original Explanatory Memorandum, were release in June 2000. This revised Explanatory Memorandum was produced to explain the implementing measures that have been taken since…
This briefing discusses how the Aarhus Convention is being implemented through the Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) makes recommendations on what the Government can do to improve implementation…
Capacity Global's introduction to the Aarhus Convention places emphasis on the Convention's potential to provide socially excluded communities with the tools they need to influence and challenge…