Jurisprudence
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Environmental information and public participation - The right to live in favourable environment; access to justice granted to individuals before the Constitutional Court contesting the violation of…
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
The ECHR held unanimously that the right to respect for private and family life (art. 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and the right for protection of property (art. 1 of Protocol No. 1…
Publisher: Council of Europe
Judgment by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in regards to R (on the application of Edwards and another (Appellant)) v Environment Agency and others (Respondents) (No 2) [2013] UKSC 78 was given on…
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
In June 2011, after numerous protests by environmental groups, the French parliament voted to ban the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits known as hydraulic…
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
A major cost reform in environmental litigation has been the recent introduction of CPR 45.41 which introduces a system of protective costs into judicial reviews of decisions, acts and omissions…
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
The Urgenda Foundation (Urgenda) brought this claim against the Netherlands, alleging that it has a legal obligation to take more ambitious measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Urgenda argued…
Publisher: Hague District Court
NGO standing (art. 2, 6 and 9) - National legislation could not limit standing for non-governmental organizations promoting environmental protection to organizations having at least 2000 members.
Publisher: UNECE / Task Force on Access to Justice
Authors: Mirna Delalić, Ratko Pilipović, Damir Petrović; This document analyses the national structure and institutional framework of Bosnia and Herzegovina with regards to environmental…
Publisher: OSCE Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scotland’s top prosecutor has thrown his weight behind the creation of a specialist environmental court.The Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC said the measure would send a “huge and powerful message…
Publisher: Holyrood
“Environment-People-Law” is an organization of practical lawyers in the field of the protection of environmental rights of citizens and the environment. This organization created a register of court…
Publisher: Environment People Law (EPL)
