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Resources 'European Union'

This legal article seeks to clarify the interlinkages between access to justice and democracy by means of a comparative analysis between the United States and German standing criteria. In German.
The report summarizes the various presentations with regard to the new legislative act held by representatives of the government, the judiciary, law professors and advocates. In German.
The author describes and analyses the requirements the European Community Directive 2003/35 and the Aarhus Convention set out with respect to access to justice in environmental matters especially…
In this law review article the author describes two earlier German legislative bills to implement the second and third pillar of the Aarhus Convention. In German.(Original source: http://www.…
In this legal article the author describes the various influences International and European Law has on access to justice for German NGOs. In German.(Original source: http://www.m-gellermann.de/…
In this law review article, the authors argue that the German legislative act to implement the third pillar of the Aarhus Convention (Umwelt-Rechtsbehelfsgesetz) does not comply with the EC directive…
This official recommendation for a decision and the report give background information on the discussion and arguments exchanged in the committee and give a reasoning for the finally chosen…
This article describes the benefits of public participation in environmental decision-making processes and highlights provisions of the Aarhus Convention in this context in relation to the…
Members of the German Bundestag and the parliamentary party Die Linke filed this motion for a resolution to point out their arguments why they considered the draft bill to implement the Aarhus…
The presentation provides information on meaning, content and implementation of the Aarhus Convention including some empirical data on access to environmental information. In German.