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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 'sustainable development'

This article makes a case for an environmental court in Scotland. The article discusses the growing trend in environmental cases and the need for specialized courts that can understand the technical…
People, Animals and Nature, a Portuguese NGO, has filed a complaint with the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee against a temporary warehouse project and plant in Spain on the grounds of access…
This article discusses a current court case in Austria involving an NGO petitioning for the right to participate in an environmental permitting process. The NGO applied to participate in the permit…