Resources 'Article 9: Access to Justice'
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…
Standing – Environmental NGOs must be able to challenge decisions made within the framework of water law permit procedures. Where participation as a party to the administrative procedure is required…
The study examined legal questions on access to justice – of environmental-NGOs, individuals and municipalities – and the extent and the intensity of the judicial review which are of special…
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…
Key issue: The right of environmental NGOs to ask a Court order to communicate air quality data to the European Commission and to draft a comprehensive air quality plan.
Key words: civil proceedings…
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs upon request by PETI Committee, aims to identify and understand the issues…
EUFJE Conference "Climate Change and the judiciary" took place in Oxford, UK, on 21-23 September 2017. The resource provides access to the programme, presentations and country reports.
Lord Justice Jackson, a judge at the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, reviewed the costs of civil litigation in the UK. In his report, he recommends to adapt the “Aarhus Rules” and extend them…
The Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Bill establishes the legal framework for granting the Whanganui River its own legal identity with all the corresponding rights, duties…
Standing for the public concerned – An administrative authorisation procedure for a project likely to have a significant effect on the environment may not be concluded if an ENGO’s request to be…
