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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

Since 2003, Defra has been gathering information on the broad topic of 'justice in environmental matters'. It includes a number of policy strands, relating both to the effective enforcement of…
This opinion survey of online political transactions in the United Kingdom explores citizens’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviours with respect to their Members of Parliament (MP) and representative…
This article by Jan Gustav Strandenaes discusses the role of civil society in the development of the Aarhus Convention and its relevance to global efforts to achieve human rights and transparency in…