Resources 'Article 9: Access to Justice'
Main objectives: Providing more effective and accessible access to justice in cases relating to the environment specifically.
Implementation: The tribunal was set up through Act X of 2010,…
Access to justice for the public concerned to challenge air quality plans
Main objectives: The aim of the project (June 2015 – November 2017) and its follow up (December 2017 – July 2018) was to foster cooperation and exchange of knowledge between civil society, academia…
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: Collecting information regarding a proposed large hydro power project on the Vjosa River | Sharing the information with affected local communities | Awareness raising and…
The European Commission published a report looking at the progress made by Member States on the implementation of collective redress measures following the Commission’s 2013 Recommendation…
The European Commission published Roadmap/Inception Impact Assessment Ares(2018)2432060 "EU implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the area of access to justice in environmental matters" which is…
Access to Justice for a Greener Europe aims to improve the implementation and enforcement of the European Union environmental law by providing the public with effective access to justice, such as…
Duty to give reasons: The Supreme Court explained the extent of the duty on local planning authorities to give reasons for their decisions to grant planning permission, including where applications…
Standing – Those affected or likely to be affected by environmental damage must have access to justice to challenge such damage; this includes those with use rights that have been affected (such as…
