This book brings together international texts all of which stress the importance of the "human right to environment". These instruments have established the existence of procedural rights…
Capacity Global's introduction to the Aarhus Convention places emphasis on the Convention's potential to provide socially excluded communities with the tools they need to influence and challenge…
Human fights and the environment have become increasingly interconnected. This manual seeks to contribute to a better understanding of this relationship in the light of the relevant case-law of the…
This briefing discusses how the Aarhus Convention is being implemented through the Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) makes recommendations on what the Government can do to improve implementation…
This powerpoint presentation outlines the Council's recommendation on e-voting developed under the project "Making democratic institutions work". Among its key assumptions, e-voting…
Held in Strasbourg, 23-24 April 2007, the Symposium explored new opportunities for enhancing civic participation through electronic means. Theme one addressed Government to citizen to government…
The late 1990s were characterised by unprecedented media coverage and publicconcern in the EU about genetically-modified (GM) crops and the food derivedfrom them. Researchers in ten EU member states…
This report reviews the benefits and history of openness in the United States, as well as the classification of Government secrets, their oversight and impact on freedom of information. Chapter 3…
The Guidelines provide a regional overview of progress monitoring and benchmarking practices in Southeastern Europe and describe resources developed by the Environmental Compliance and Enforcement…
FAO Council at its 131st session suggested "that the activities of FAO could include risk reduction, including the progressive ban on highly hazardous pesticides". Presentations and…
