Second edition of the Case Law of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
Oeko-Bureau (http://www.oeko-bureau.eu), Resource and Analysis Center "Society and Environment" (http://www.rac.org.ua/index.php?id=1&L=1) and European ECO Forum (http://www.eco-forum.org/) have published the second edition of the Case Law of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee. It attempts to summarize the practice of the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention. Since its founding in 2002 by the First Meeting of the Parties of the Aarhus Convention, the Committee has dealt with numerous issues related to practical implementation of the Convention by the parties.
"The Law in Economy" about the conference held as part of the project "Enforcement of the Aarhus Convention in the Adriatic Region Countries"
Periodical "The Law in Economy", published by the Croatian Association of Business Lawyers, in issue 6/2011 published an article by Lana Srkoc, lawyer from Zagreb, regarding the conference held on 9 June 2011 as part of the project "Enforcement of the Aarhus Convention in the Adriatic Region Countries" in which she participated since its beginning.
The contents of the mentioned issue (in English language), as well Ms Srkoc's article (in Croatian language), can be found in the attachments below.
European legislation is supposed to protect biodiversity, but now a primarily European public bank is financing its destruction
CSOs REACT TO EBRD LOAN APPROVAL FOR THE OMBLA HYDROPOWER PLANT IN CROATIA
A great victory: Court accepts the lawsuit as justified and overturns the decision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Croatia regarding the environmental acceptability of the Brkac golf course development project near Motovun
On April 7th 2009, Green Istria, in co-operation with Green Action, has filed a complaint to the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia against the Decision of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction (MEPPPC) regarding the environmemental acceptability of the Brkac golf course development project, alongside the accompanying accommodation facilities. The Administrative Court has accepted the lawsuit as justified and, on July 21st 2011, has overthrown the stated Decision of the MEPPPC.
Project partners' representatives at the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties of the Aarhus Convention in Moldova
At the fourth session of the Meeting of the 44 Parties of the Aarhus Convention held in Chisinau in Moldova (Jun 29 – Jul 1, 2011) participants discussed about current implementation situation and progress made in the enforcement of the Convention, as well as about future perspectives. This was an opportunity to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.
Aarhus Convention leads to a democratic society
''The Aarhus Convention, as every other international legal instrument, lives through its usage. For it to become a tool of democratic society, citizens must use the Aarhus Convention to ensure access to information and public participation.’’ – with these lines Irena Pereša, project manager, opened the ‘’Enforcement of the Aarhus Convention in the Adriatic Region Countries’’ international conference.
"The Lawyer" about the project "Enforcement of the Aarhus Convention in the Adriatic Region Countries"
The magazine published by the Croatian Bar Association, "The Lawyer", published an article by Lana Srkoč, a lawyer from Zagreb, regarding the project "Enforcement of the Aarhus Convention in the Adriatic Region Countries, in which she participated since its beginning.
Here is the link to the magazine (website of the Croatian Bar Association): http://www.hok-cba.hr/fgs.axd?id=441
International conference "Enforcement of the Aarhus Convention in the Adriatic Region Countries" (Zagreb, hotel Westin, June 9th, 2011)
International conference"Enforcement of the Aarhus Convention in the Adriatic Region Countries", which will be held on June 9th, 2011 in Hotel Westin in Zagreb, is the closing of a large project on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention, which is being implemented since the beginning of 2010 by GONG and Green Istria, in collaboration with six European and regional partners.
Media information
As a part of the educational program of the project, the participating journalists from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro had the assignement to cover the imaginary case (citizens of the Republic of Mediterania against the goverment, regarding the factory Multikem) and simulation of the trial in front of European courts (ECJ and ECHR) and, based on that topic, record tv/radio shows or write articles for newspapers.
Report of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
The Report is prepared by the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee and It covers the intersessional period between the third and fourth sessions of the Meeting of the Parties. It contains evaluation of the progress achieved by individual Parties with regard to Committee recommendations, new submissions concerning non-compliance with the Convention, and general compliance issues.
The Report is available here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2945370/Report_of_the_Compliance_Committee_2011.pdf
