Case status: Findings adopted on 19.06.2017 – Non-compliance found.
Follow-up: Committee refrained from making recommendations; see para. 11 of Decision VI/8 on general issues of compliance.
Topics: Access to environmental information; Access to justice.
Articles alleged: 4 (3) (c), 4 (6), 4 (7); 9 (1), 9 (4).
Articles considered by the Committee: 4 (3), 4 (6), 4 (7); 9 (1), 9 (4).
Articles, if any, found in non-compliance: 9 (1), 9 (4).
Summary: On 26 June 2013, Mr. Ole Kristian Fauchald submitted a communication to the Compliance Committee alleging the failure of Norway to comply with the Convention’s provisions on access to environmental information and access to justice. Specifically, the communicant alleged that the Party concerned failed to comply with its obligations in connection with its alleged refusal of the communicant’s request for access to the legal assessment referred to in the preparatory works for Act No. 100 of 19 June 2009 relating to the Management of Biological, Geological and Landscape Diversity. In that regard, the communicant alleged the Party’s non-compliance with articles 4, (3) (c), (4), (6) and (7), and 9 (1) and (4) of the Convention.
Document | Status | Date received or posted by the secretariat |
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Determination on admissibility | At CC-42 | |
annex 1 |
From the communicant | 26.06.2013 |
Letter to the Party concerned forwarding the communication | From the secretariat | 17.12.2013 |
Letter to the communicant | From the secretariat | 17.12.2013 |
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From the Party concerned | 14.05.2014 |
Norway's opening statement at the 47th Compliance Committee | From the Party concerned | 17.12.2014 |
Norway's closing statement at the 47th Compliance Committee | From the Party concerned | 17.12.2014 |
Communicant's opening statement at the 47th Compliance Committee | From the communicant | 17.12.2014 |
Communicant's closing statement at the 47th Compliance Committee | From the communicant | 17.12.2014 |
From the Party concerned | 12.01.2015 | |
Covering email |
From the Party concerned | 02.02.2015 |
From the secretariat | 06.03.2015 | |
Covering email and Guideline on Freedom of Information Act (relevant excerpts) | From the Party concerned | 23.03.2015 |
Draft findings and letter to the parties inviting their comments | From the secretariat | 29.03.2017 |
Comments on the draft findings Annex 1: Sørdalen case, first instance court decision of 23.12.2013 NOR Annex 2: Sørdalen case, appeal court decision of 12.05.2015 NOR Annex 3: Sørdalen case, Supreme Court decision of 20.08.2015 NOR |
From the communicant | 26.04.2017 |
Comments on the draft findings Annex 1: Letter from the Parliamentary Ombudsman, dated 24.04.2017 Annex 2: Statistics on Ombudsman processing times NOR |
From the Party concerned | 27.04.2017 |
Email reacting to Party concerned's comments on the draft findings | From the communicant | 02.05.2017 |
Findings ENG FRE RUS | 19.06.2017 |