In accordance with decisions IV/2, V/3, VI/3, VII/3 of the Meeting of the Parties on promoting effective access to justice adopted by the Meeting of the Parties, the Task Force on Access to Justice was mandated to systematically collect information relating to the implementation of article 9 of the Convention and prepare, studies, where appropriate, with the objective of identifying gaps and promoting good practices in access to justice in environmental matters.
Ongoing survey:
| Title | Documents | Deadline |
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| Survey on measures to enable effective access to justice in environmental matters | Questionnaire | 1 November 2022 |
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Responses received |
Completed analytical studies
| Geographical scope | Title | Year | ENG | FRE | RUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handbook on Access to Justice under the Aarhus Convention | 2003 | ENG | |||
| Access to Justice: Remedies | 2011 | ENG | |||
| Paper on Costs in Environmental Procedure | 2011 | ENG | |||
| Approaches to Access | 2011 | ENG | |||
| EECCA | Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: Available Remedies, Timeliness and Costs in the EECCA countries Completed questionnaires and previous drafts are available here. |
2012 | ENG | RUS | |
| EU | Synthesis Report of the Study on the Implementation of Article 9, paras. 3 and 4, of the Aarhus Convention in Seventeen of the Member States of the European Union | 2013 | ENG | ||
| EU | Report on possible initiatives on access to justice in environmental matters and their socio-economic implications (courtesy of the European Commission) | 2013 | |||
| EU | Study on environmental complaint-handling and mediation mechanisms at national level (courtesy of the European Commission) | 2012 | ENG | ||
| EECCA | Study on standing for individuals, groups and non-governmental organizations before courts in environmental cases in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova and Tajikistan. | 2014 | ENG | RUS | |
| SEE |
Study on access to justice in environmental matters in South-Eastern Europe |
2014 | ENG | ||
| Spain | Study on access to justice in environmental matters in Spain | 2013 | ENG | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Analysis of Court Decisions in the Area of Environmental Protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2012 (courtesy of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 2015 | ENG | ||
| France, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal |
Study on the possibilities for environmental NGOs to claim damages in relation to the environment |
2017 | ENG | ||
| EU | The legal debate on access to justice for environmental NGOs: summary (courtesy of the German Environment Agency; read full study in German here) | 2017 | ENG | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro | Study on access to justice in environmental matters particularly in respect to the scope of review (courtesy of REC) | 2017 | ENG | ||
| European Union, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland |
Study on access to justice in information cases |
2021 | ENG | ||
| Analysis of energy-related cases for improving implementation of the Convention: scope and methodology | 2023 | ENG | |||
| Georgia | Access to Environmental Justice in Georgia (courtesy of UNDP) | 2023 | ENG | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Overview of the Case Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Field of the Protection of the Environment (Author: Fatima Mrdović, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; courtesy of UNDP) | 2023 | ENG | ||