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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
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. New York : United Nations, 2006.

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Additional authors
  1. United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe.
  2. United Nations Environment Programme.
Description
  1. vi, 18 pages : color illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998 June 25)
  2. Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (1998)
  3. Environmental law > Europe > Citizen participation
  4. Environmental law > Asia, Central > Citizen participation
  5. Freedom of information > Europe
  6. Freedom of information > Asia, Central
  7. Citizen suits (Civil procedure) > Europe
  8. Citizen suits (Civil procedure) > Asia, Central
  9. Citizen suits (Civil procedure)
  10. Environmental law > Citizen participation
  11. Freedom of information
  12. Right to a sound, satisfactory and healthy environment
  13. Human rights
  14. Environmental protection
  15. Open administration
  16. Public participation
  17. Decision-making
  18. Access to justice
  19. Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus, 25 June 1998)
  20. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
  21. ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS
  22. ACCESS TO INFORMATION
  23. POPULAR PARTICIPATION
  24. DECISION-MAKING
  25. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
  26. CASE STUDIES
  27. Central Asia
  28. Europe
Contents
  1. 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.
Note
  1. "United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Environment Programme."
  2. "ECE/MP.PP/5"--P. [2] of cover.
  3. "United Nations publication sales No. E.06.II.E.9"--P. [2] of cover.