Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

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international environmental treaty

The Aarhus Convention is a United Nations treaty that grants the public rights to access environmental information, participate in environmental decision-making, and seek justice in environmental matters across its signatory states.

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Label	Occurrences
Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international environmental treaty ⓘ
adoptedAt	Aarhus, Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedBy	Conference of the Parties to the UNECE NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptedOn	1998-06-25 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple	Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	environmental law ⓘ human rights law ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	access to environmental information held by public authorities ⓘ review procedures to challenge acts and omissions by public authorities ⓘ timely and effective public participation in environmental decision-making ⓘ
encourages	non-discrimination in the exercise of environmental rights ⓘ support for environmental NGOs ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	2001-10-30 ⓘ
establishes	obligations of public authorities regarding environmental information and participation ⓘ rights of individuals and NGOs in environmental matters ⓘ
focusesOn	environmental democracy ⓘ public accountability in environmental decision-making ⓘ transparency in environmental governance ⓘ
hasComplianceMechanism	Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPillar	access to environmental information ⓘ access to justice in environmental matters ⓘ public participation in environmental decision-making ⓘ
influenced	European Union environmental information and participation directives NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalNature	binding on its Parties ⓘ
namedAfter	Aarhus NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	ensure access to justice in environmental matters ⓘ grant the public rights regarding access to environmental information ⓘ promote public participation in environmental decision-making ⓘ
openTo	regional economic integration organizations ⓘ states members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ⓘ
region	UNECE region NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	effective access to judicial or administrative procedures to challenge environmental decisions ⓘ public authorities to collect and disseminate environmental information proactively ⓘ public authorities to provide environmental information upon request ⓘ public participation in decisions on specific activities with significant environmental impact ⓘ public participation in plans, programmes and policies relating to the environment ⓘ
secretariat	UNECE Environment Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	Aarhus Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	environmental protection ⓘ procedural environmental rights ⓘ
underAuspicesOf	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Environmental Information Regulations 2004 → linkedTo → Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters ⓘ