GENERAL PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENT – THREE PILLARS OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION
Convention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters – The Aarhus Convention – is an international legal framework in the area of the environment protection. This convention, initiated under the auspices of UN, is the most am...
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| description | Convention on access to information, public participation in decision
making and access to justice in environmental matters – The Aarhus
Convention – is an international legal framework in the area of the environment
protection. This convention, initiated under the auspices of
UN, is the most ambitious venture as far as environment protection is
concerned. Its adoption made at the same time a huge step in the international
law development. Accepting the principles and formally accessing
to the Aarhus Convention, countries from our region (Southeast
Europe) show that rights in the environment protection area are not the
luxury reserved only for the rich ones. This document defines the rights
in the environment area and makes the reliable foundation for involving
the general public in the environment policies which confirms our commitment
to future generations. That is a proof that sustainable development
can be achieved only by involving all participants in the society.
The Aarhus Convention is a link between the authorities’ responsibilities
and environment protection, because participation of the public increases
responsibility and transparency in decision making, as well as
consciousness of the public about environmental matters. It also provides
support for the made decisions. Efficient participation of the public
promotes cooperation principles and consultation between citizens
and decision makers, which contributes to general society democratization.
That is enabled by the Aarhus Convention implementation which
includes: access to information, participation of the public in decision
making and access to jurisdiction when speaking of environment. These
are at the same time three main Convention pillars. Twelve years ago
the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan described the Convention as “the
most ambitious venture in environmental democracy undertaken under
the auspices of the United Nations”. We can say that the mentioned descriptionis probably correct even today, although there have been many
other significant improvements in environmental democracy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52191e5f8289445baccfd4182f05c5392024-04-23T10:08:12ZdeuUniversity of Mostar, Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesHum1840-233X2303-74312012-01-019361389GENERAL PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENT – THREE PILLARS OF THE AARHUS CONVENTIONNevenko Herceg0Zoran Tomić1University of MostarUniversity of MostarConvention on access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters – The Aarhus Convention – is an international legal framework in the area of the environment protection. This convention, initiated under the auspices of UN, is the most ambitious venture as far as environment protection is concerned. Its adoption made at the same time a huge step in the international law development. Accepting the principles and formally accessing to the Aarhus Convention, countries from our region (Southeast Europe) show that rights in the environment protection area are not the luxury reserved only for the rich ones. This document defines the rights in the environment area and makes the reliable foundation for involving the general public in the environment policies which confirms our commitment to future generations. That is a proof that sustainable development can be achieved only by involving all participants in the society. The Aarhus Convention is a link between the authorities’ responsibilities and environment protection, because participation of the public increases responsibility and transparency in decision making, as well as consciousness of the public about environmental matters. It also provides support for the made decisions. Efficient participation of the public promotes cooperation principles and consultation between citizens and decision makers, which contributes to general society democratization. That is enabled by the Aarhus Convention implementation which includes: access to information, participation of the public in decision making and access to jurisdiction when speaking of environment. These are at the same time three main Convention pillars. Twelve years ago the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan described the Convention as “the most ambitious venture in environmental democracy undertaken under the auspices of the United Nations”. We can say that the mentioned descriptionis probably correct even today, although there have been many other significant improvements in environmental democracy.https://hum.ff.sum.ba/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Humdec2012_361_389.pdfpublicenvironmentsustainable developmentparticipation of the publicaccess to informationaccess to jurisdiction |
| spellingShingle | Nevenko Herceg Zoran Tomić GENERAL PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENT – THREE PILLARS OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION Hum public environment sustainable development participation of the public access to information access to jurisdiction |
| title | GENERAL PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENT
– THREE PILLARS OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION |
| title_full | GENERAL PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENT
– THREE PILLARS OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION |
| title_fullStr | GENERAL PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENT
– THREE PILLARS OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION |
| title_full_unstemmed | GENERAL PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENT
– THREE PILLARS OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION |
| title_short | GENERAL PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENT
– THREE PILLARS OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION |
| title_sort | general public and environment three pillars of the aarhus convention |
| topic | public environment sustainable development participation of the public access to information access to jurisdiction |
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