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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 'Article 4: Access to Environmental Information'

Over 130 organizations and 100 experts from 30 countries urge European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to abolish the Critical Raw Materials Act. They allege the Act breaches human and…
Campaigners criticize the Scottish Government for inadequate efforts to address the prohibitive expense of environmental legal cases, citing a report submitted to the Aarhus Convention Compliance…
The Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), a Swiss NGO that investigates and reports on environmental harms and corruption, is being sued for defamation by Sean Murray, the Canadian son-in-law of Sarawak Governor…