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AARHUS CONVENTION

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

National publications

The following publications are available on-line in pdf format.

Belgium - Brussels Capital Region
The Aarhus Regulation: New Opportunities for Citizens in the EU and Beyond? Report of ECOSPHERE Forum held in Brussels, 27 October 2006 with the support of the Bruxelles Environnement

Germany
Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: The Crucial Role of Legal Standing for Non-Governmental Organisations (February 2005)
Statement of the German Advisory Council on the Environment

Beteiligungsrechte im Umweltschutz [Public Participation in.Environmental Protection - What does the Aarhus Convention bring to you?] - Available in German
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Kazakhstan

Guidelines on handling public requests.for environmental.information - Also available in Russian

United Kingdom

Public Participation in Making Local Environmental Decisions - English and Russian

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Disclaimer: The above-listed publications are not official documents of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). They have not been endorsed by UNECE, the Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Aarhus Convention, or any of its subsidiary bodies. UNECE assumes no responsibility for the absolute accuracy of the information presented in these publications; nor for errors, typographical or otherwise; omissions; losses, damages, incorrect citations, non-cited sources, etc. resulting from the use of the data or information presented therein.