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Resources 'Article 4: Access to Environmental Information'

Main objectives: The Aarhus Convention is a unique legal tool, which promotes civil society formation, the creation of a culture of dialogue between civil society and government, as well as…
Main objectives: From 26 January to 25 March 2018, French citizens were invited to inform themselves and to express their views on the proposed vision for the four maritime regions surrounding the…
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 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency offers a translation of a generic process for making datasets available to different target groups, applicable for all types of data publication. Linked is…
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…
After a Columbia Law School report recently revealed major shortcomings in how the UN aviation body (ICAO) interprets transparency and public participation requirements, the article at hand points…
The present analysis of the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs examines the situation in relation to openness, transparency, access to documents and information in the…
Justice and Environment has prepared a position paper explaining the current state of affairs for the EU's policies on infringement documents. The paper also explains the work that Justice and…
WIPO GREEN is a network and a database for the promotion of green technologies, services and intellectual property assets.