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The authors of this book try to achieve two goals. On the one hand, to provide for a detailed and useful overview of EC and Member State legislation in the field of access to information. On the…
The Walloon regional report on implementation of the Convention is one of the four different reports, drafted by the Federal Authority and the three Regions, constituting the Belgian national report.
In February 2005, the government of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, proposed an ordinance to control the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops. The ordinance aims to prevent…
This synthesis report has been prepared primarily on the basis of the nationalimplementation reports submitted by Parties to the Convention and will be presented to the second meeting of the Parties…
Though freedom of information laws grant the general public rights to access government information, many citizens do not know how to use them and often journalist act as intermediaries between the…
The Danish legislation amended the Act on Public Access on Documents in Administrative Files to bring Danish law in line with the information access provisions of the UNECE Aarhus Convention. The…
On 8 September 1999, the Danish EPA held a conference concerning the Aarhus Convention about citizens' environmental rights. Danish legislation in this field is good but there is room for…
The Italian language version of the mandated report on national implementation of the Convention will be presented at the second Meeting of the Parties to the Convention, in May 2005. A translation…
The U.S. office of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW U.S.)provides public interest lawyers and scientists around the world withtraining and resources to protect the environment through…
This discussion paper on World Bank-civil society engagement by the civil society members of World Bank-Civil Society Joint Facilitation Committee explores the opportunities for more meaningful,…
