Environmental Participation, Information, and Justice

These are links to Web pages containing information on the negotiations for a Europe-wide Convention on Public Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking, Access to Information, and Access to Justice.

The Draft Convention from the NGO Perspective

Wates: The Public Participation Convention Negotiations (Fall 1997)  (ECO, Slovenia)
The "Bled Declaration" by European NGOs (November 1997)  (ECO, Slovenia)
ECO PPC Reports on UNECE Negotiating Sessions (Participate, Belgium)
European ECO Forum (NGO secretariat on Road to Aarhus) (ECO, Slovenia)
Public Participation Documentation Center  (ECO, Slovenia)

Official Documents

ECO Public Participation Campaign: Convention Documents (Participate, Belgium)

Draft Elements for the Convention on PP (GLOBE)
Materials from Sofia Conference of Environmental Ministers, 1995 (GLOBE)
UN ECE "Sofia Guidelines" (EEA)
Selected Excerpts from International Legal Instruments (REC)
 

Background Papers

R. Hallo: Public access to environmental information (EEA)
REC: "Beyond Boundaries: - PPC in CEE (REC)
 

Other

Aarhus Conference Information (from Denmark) (Danish Ministry)
UN Economic Commission for Europe home page (UNECE)