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Resources 'Article 7: Public Participation Concerning Plans, Programmes and Policies Relating to the Environment'

Main objectives: Promotion of the Aarhus Convention at the national level, supporting the country in its effective implementation, establishment of higher standards of environmental protection.…
Main objectives: The main objective of these workshops was to inform cantonal representatives about recent developments concerning the right to access to information (e.g. recent cases of the Swiss…
Main objectives: The Aarhus Convention is a unique legal tool, which promotes civil society formation, the creation of a culture of dialogue between civil society and government, as well as…
Main objectives: Implementation of the principles of the Convention across the country.   Implementation: Supply of information, public participation in decision-making, adoption of new laws,…
Main objectives: The main objective was to empower local residents with knowledge about the rights they have in relation to participation in decision making processes, and inform them about the…
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, presenting framework principles on human…
This issue of the Biosafety Protocol News is a joint Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety / Aarhus Convention Cooperation on Public Access to Information and Public Participation in the area of…
The European Commission has initiated several projects on environmental information management and reporting (a workshop will be held Brussels on 8 February 2018) and on developing an assessment…
Through the adoption of resolution 33/22, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights “to prepare concise and action-oriented draft guidelines as a set of orientations…
The results of this public consultation around fake news and the measures to its minimisation is conducted through a questionnaire that will help assess the effectiveness of current actions by market…