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Resources 'Article 9: Access to Justice'

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…
The article informs about the following questions addressed to the European Commission and its response regarding the situation of development banks and human rights defenders.  
Appeal against a cantonal decision of shooting protected birds in order to regulate their population; access to justice – a decision by public authorities that may have an impact on nature protection…
A seminar on how to use the Aarhus Convention for the protection of space and nature was held in Pula, Croatia on 2nd and 3rd June 2016. Major European and Croatian experts on the Aarhus…
Priorities and activities to be funded 1. Priorities This call for proposals aims at contributing to achieving the objectives of the European e-Justice Strategy 2014-2018. It will support the…
Request for environmental information may be refused - The Court found that no full disclosure was called for studies that "had already been placed in a file relating to the pre-litigation stage of…
Charges for supplying environmental information - such charges should include only other costs that do not arise from the establishment and maintenance of the registers, lists and facilities for…