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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 'transparency'

A study by Columbia law school and UNEP shows that governments around the world increasingly are being challenged in court to take action against climate change.
The French report to the meeting of the parties to the Aarhus Convention, which is to be held in Montenegro in September 2017, is open for public consultation until June 2. While improvements have…
An environmental association asks the president of the Canton of Ticino State Council to suspend imports of sand, believed to hide illicit trafficking of direct toxic waste. The association…