Resources Keyword 'SDG Target 16.3'
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…
Special Communication on the Rights of Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters approved during the XXVI Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and…
The EU and its Member States are parties to the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. The Aarhus…
Key issue: Does the “not prohibitively expensive” requirement in Art 11 of Directive 2011/92/EU have direct effect and what is the temporal application of that rule?
The CJEU went on to confirm that…
Guide on Access to Justice in European Union Law published by ClientEarth contains an overview of the European Union legal framework providing for access to justice in environmental matters. It…
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee, explores the concept of “Rights of Nature…
Key issue: Appeal against a cantonal decision of prolonging a camping site located in a nature reserve; access to justice – a decision by public authorities that may have an impact on nature…
Key issue: Denial of legal standing to appeal air quality plans.
Key words: Legal standing, access to justice, air quality plans, particulate matter
This policy report considers the implications of the findings by the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee in case ACCC/C/2015/128 that EU failed to comply with article 9 (3) and (4) of the…
Main objectives: Providing more effective and accessible access to justice in cases relating to the environment specifically.
Implementation: The tribunal was set up through Act X of 2010,…
