Case status: Findings adopted on 02.07.2014 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: On-going; see Decision VII/8s, Decision VI/8k.
Topics: Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 9 (4), 9 (5).
Articles considered by the Committee: 9 (4).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 9 (4).
Summary: On 21 August 2012, the non-governmental organization Greenpeace Limited submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging that the Party concerned failed to comply with article 9 (4) and (5) of the Convention because of the high costs ordered in the case of refusal of applications for judicial review in environmental cases.
| Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
|---|---|---|
| Datasheet ACCC/C/2012/77 | Latest datasheet on the status of the communication | 14.05.2013 |
| Determination on admissibility | At CC-38 | 28.09.2012 |
| Communication | From the communicant | 21.08.2012 |
| From the communicant | 21.08.2012 | |
| Letter to the Party concerned forwarding the communication | From the secretariat | 30.10.2012 |
| Letter to the communicant | From the secretariat | 30.10.2012 |
| Letter | From the Party concerned | 28.03.2013 |
|
Letter to the Party concerned and the communicant for the discussion at CC-41 |
From the secretariat | 22.05.2013 |
|
From the Party concerned |
31.05.2013 |
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| Additional information during the hearing | From the communicant | 27.06.2013 |
| Oral statement at CC-41 | From the Party concerned | 27.06.2013 |
| Letter to the parties after CC-41 | From the secretariat | 09.07.2013 |
| Letter after the discussion at CC-41 and attachment | From the communicant | 19.08.2013 |
| Letter after the discussion at CC-41 | From the Party concerned | 19.08.2013 |
| Letters to the Party concerned and the communicant enclosing draft findings | From the secretariat | 26.05.2014 |
| Comments on the draft findings | From the Party concerned | 26.06.2014 |
| Comments on the draft findings | From the communicant | 26.06.2014 |
| Letters to the Party concerned and the communicant enclosing the Committee's findings | From the secretariat | 06.02.2015 |