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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 'European Union'

Draft EBRD Extractive Mining Industries Strategy 2018-2022 is open for public comments by 20 November 2017.
This article discusses the new coal fired power plant plan in Spain. According to the International Institute for Law and the Environment, the Spanish Government is obligated to undertake a strategic…
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…