Resources Keyword 'access to justice'
This handbook summarizes the key European legal principles in the area of access to justice. It seeks to raise awareness and improve knowledge of relevant legal standards set by the European Union…
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…
The Urgenda Foundation (Urgenda) brought this claim against the Netherlands, alleging that it has a legal obligation to take more ambitious measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Urgenda argued…
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…
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 ECHR held unanimously that the right to respect for private and family life (art. 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and the right for protection of property (art. 1 of Protocol No. 1…
Environmental information and public participation - The right to live in favourable environment; access to justice granted to individuals before the Constitutional Court contesting the violation of…
Public concerned and omission by public authority – A decision of a supervisory authority not to apply for the revocation or updating of a permit (a so-called 0-decision) can be appealed and its…
Public concerned and the public interest – When an individual appeals a permit decision, both private and public interests can be invoked to advocate his or her cause.
The definition of public concerned (neighbours) – Neighbours cannot appeal decisions which only concern the public interest as their individual interest is not affected.
