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

Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
Duration:	1998 - ongoing
Scope:	Global
Policy area:	Environment
Legal status:	Legally binding
Type of instrument:	Informational
Form of instrument:	Convention
Language:	English, French
URL:	Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters website
Format:	html
Access:	Free
Publisher:	UNECE
Country(ies):	Switzerland
Date:	3/11/2011

The Convention lays down precise rights and duties regarding access to information, including deadlines for providing information and the grounds on which public authorities may refuse access to certain types of information.

Objective	To keep citizens informed about and involved in environmental matters and to improve the application of environmental legislation
Target	Public access to environmental information
Policy and/or legal framework	Aarhus Convention
Monitoring, assessing and reporting	Meeting of the Parties
Keywords	Aarhus Convention/environmental policy and legislation/environmental information/information services/public participation/access to information

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