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Your right to a healthy environment : a simplified guide to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.

Title
Your right to a healthy environment : a simplified guide to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.
Publication
New York : United Nations, 2006.

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Additional Authors
  • United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe.
  • United Nations Environment Programme.
Description
vi, 18 pages : color illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
The Aarhus Convention is widely recognized as the world's foremost international instrument promoting access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters. This publication aims to present the rights and obligations under the Convention in plain, easy-to-understand language.--Publisher's description.
Subject
  • Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998 June 25)
  • Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998)
  • Environmental law > Europe > Citizen participation
  • Environmental law > Asia, Central > Citizen participation
  • Freedom of information > Europe
  • Freedom of information > Asia, Central
  • Citizen suits (Civil procedure) > Europe
  • Citizen suits (Civil procedure) > Asia, Central
  • Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
  • Environmental law > Citizen participation
  • Freedom of information
  • Right to a sound, satisfactory and healthy environment
  • Human rights
  • Environmental protection
  • Open administration
  • Public participation
  • Decision-making
  • Access to justice
  • Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus, 25 June 1998)
  • ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
  • ACCESS TO INFORMATION
  • POPULAR PARTICIPATION
  • DECISION-MAKING
  • ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
  • CASE STUDIES
  • Central Asia
  • Europe
Note
  • "United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Environment Programme."
  • "ECE/MP.PP/5"--P. [2] of cover.
  • "United Nations publication sales No. E.06.II.E.9"--P. [2] of cover.
Contents
The birth of environmental rights -- How the Convention works -- The right to know -- The right to participate -- The right of access to justice -- Environmental rights in the 21st century.
ISBN
  • 9211169437
  • 9789211169430
OCLC
  • ocm76807070
  • 76807070
  • SCSB-1413077
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library