Resources 'Article 9: Access to Justice'
Contribution of the Société de Legislation Comparée to the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations)
A major cost reform in environmental litigation has been the recent introduction of CPR 45.41 which introduces a system of protective costs into judicial reviews of decisions, acts and omissions…
This report sketches possible building blocks of an integrated information space in Europe, concentratingon information sources held by or destined to public authorities in the Member States.
Judgment by the United Kingdom Supreme Court in regards to R (on the application of Edwards and another (Appellant)) v Environment Agency and others (Respondents) (No 2) [2013] UKSC 78 was given on…
The event was dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of the Cartagena Protocol, and it had been supported by the Fund of the Central European Initiatives (CEI).The international conference was a great…
The Government of UK is inviting views on potential measures for the further reform of judicial review. The measures aim to tackle the burden that the growth in unmeritorious judicial reviews has…
Ireland organizes national roadshow to explore citizens’ rights of access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters.The first public workshop will be held on Saturday October…
In June 2011, after numerous protests by environmental groups, the French parliament voted to ban the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits known as hydraulic…
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded on 3 October 2013 a two-day training course for judges and prosecutors on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention – a key UN document on…
Access to justice in environmental matters – developments at EU levelJean-François Brakeland This article highlights the recent judicial and legislative activities at European Union ("EU")…
