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

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…
Indroducing GIS-based civic engagement apps that are "improving the performance and image of government by helping citizens actively participate in government on their terms". The apps are described…
Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique is a practitioners’ handbook that builds upon the experience of a pilot project that was awarded the United Nations ‘…
The 'Energy – Transparency Centre of Knowledge' (E-TRACK) of the European Commission (EC) is a joint initiative agreed between the Directorate General for Energy and the Joint Research…
The 1998 Aarhus Convention constitutes a landmark international agreement to promote public participation, not only domestically, but also at the international level. In 2005, its parties adopted…
Public participation has become a recurring theme and a topical issue in the field of international environmental law, with many multilateral environmental instruments calling on states to guarantee…