The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded on 3 October 2013 a two-day training course for judges and prosecutors on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention – a key UN document on access to environmental information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Special focus during the course was on access to justice and related EU legislation.Thirty-eight judges and prosecutors from cantonal and district level courts and prosecutors’ offices discussed access to justice in judicial review cases that concern violations of the right to information, public participation in decision-making and issuance of environmental permits. A facebook album of the event is available from: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151704246538403.1073741886… training is part of a project of enhancing the rule of law through strengthening access to justice in environmental matters supported by the German government and the Environment and Security Initiative.
