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

The UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the Aarhus Convention) entered into force in 2001 and grants the public rights regarding environmental democracy.

Aarhus convention website: unece.org

 

Convention:

• Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, Aarhus 25 June 1998
  • Status on the Aarhus-Convention

 

Documents pursuant to the Aarhus-convention

• Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers, Kiev 21 May 2003
  • Status on the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
• Amendment to the Aarhus-Convention, Almaty 27 May 2005
  • Status amendment to the Aarhus-Convention