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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 '2017'

According to the article 37 paragraph 5 of Georgian Constitution a person shall have the right to receive a complete, objective and timely information as to a state of his/her working and living…
Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily. In 1998, the United Staes Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require U.S…
In 2007, a comprehensive reform of Article 6 of the Mexican Constitution was passed in the federal Congress and approved by a majority of state legislatures, signaling a major victory for the right…