The EU and the Aarhus Convention: Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
This briefing, commissioned by the Policy Department on Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs for the PETI committee, focuses on the Aarhus Convention, applicable to the EU and to all Member States. The Convention provides for rights to the public to access to information, participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. The Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee has found several EU Member States as well as the EU itself non-compliant with the Convention. Currently eight EU Member States and the EU are on the list of non-compliant Parties, decided by the Meeting of Parties when endorsing Committee findings. The Committee follows up and reports on whether these Parties are taking sufficient measures to get in compliance. Adequate implementation by EU legislation, monitoring by the Commission and jurisprudence by the EU judiciary are important for effective enjoyment of the Aarhus Convention rights by the public throughout the EU.
Briefing
Auteur externe
Jonas Ebbesson (Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee)
À propos de ce document
Type de publication
Mot-clé
- accord international
- accès à l'information
- accès à la justice
- Allemagne
- Autriche
- Bulgarie
- communication
- consultation publique
- DROIT
- droit de l'environnement
- droit international
- droit international-droit interne
- droit à l'information
- droits et libertés
- ENVIRONNEMENT
- Espagne
- Europe
- GÉOGRAPHIE
- géographie politique
- géographie économique
- impact sur l'environnement
- information et traitement de l'information
- institutions de l'Union européenne et fonction publique européenne
- justice
- politique de l'environnement
- politique internationale
- RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES
- Roumanie
- Royaume-Uni
- Tchéquie
- transparence du processus décisionnel
- UNION EUROPÉENNE
- ÉDUCATION ET COMMUNICATION