This background paper delivered by Jonas Ebbeson of Stockholm University to the Joint UNEP-OHCHR Expert Seminar on Human Rights and the Environment (14-16 January 2002, Geneva) gives a brief…
The sixth meeting of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee was held on 15-17 December 2004 in Geneva. For the first time since the Committee began its work, the question of considering appeals…
The webpage of the Aarhus Convention hosted by the website of the Ministry of Environment of Estonia. Estonia ratified the Aarhus Convention on June 6th 2001. This page will give you information…
This brochure in German introduces the Aarhus Convention and shows which major rights - to information, to participation and to file suit - citizens are entitled to in the area of the environment,…
This dossier ddiscusses attempts at European Community level to implement the Convention in its Member States and the steps taken to apply Aarhus to the Community's own institutions.
In this opening speech of the Conference "The Aarhus Convention and the Citizen NGOs in new Member States", Margot Wallström highlights the particular importance of the Aarhus Convention…
The Project “Network of Independent Experts for Early Implementation and Compliance Monitoring of the Aarhus Convention” funded by the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment…
CENN, with the financial support of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Environmental Information Systems and Networking Project, organized the regional workshop on August…
The Trust is an independent regional non-profit agency established in 2005 to support organizations and processes aiming to overcome poverty across the region. It provides grants in a targeted manner…
Susan Hazen, the Director of the Environmental Assistance Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, explains the notion of “environmental democracy” and its current developments. She…
