Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters Prepared Under the Aarhus Convention
Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters Prepared Under the Aarhus Convention

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Published: 2015

Total Pages: 92

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These recommendations are based on existing good practice and are intended as a practical tool to provide helpful guidance and to improve the implementation of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in decision-making to: a) assist Parties when designing their legal framework on public participation in environmental decision-making; b) assist public officials when designing and carrying out public participation procedures on environmental decision-making under the Convention, and c) provide an invaluable tool through which to share expertise and good practice so as to promote participation. The Recommendations may also be of value to public, NGOs and the private sector involved in environmental matters.

Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters
Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters

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Published: 2015

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ISBN-13: 9789210574082

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Foreword -- Summary -- General recommendations -- Public participation in decision-making on specific activities (article 6) -- Public participation concerning plans, programmes and policies (article 7) -- Public participation during the preparation of executive regulations and laws (article 8) -- Annex

Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters Prepared Under the Aarhus Convention
Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Decision-making in Environmental Matters Prepared Under the Aarhus Convention

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Published: 2015

Total Pages: 92

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These recommendations are based on existing good practice and are intended as a practical tool to provide helpful guidance and to improve the implementation of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in decision-making to: a) assist Parties when designing their legal framework on public participation in environmental decision-making; b) assist public officials when designing and carrying out public participation procedures on environmental decision-making under the Convention, and c) provide an invaluable tool through which to share expertise and good practice so as to promote participation. The Recommendations may also be of value to public, NGOs and the private sector involved in environmental matters.

Participation and Democratic Innovation under International Human Rights Law
Participation and Democratic Innovation under International Human Rights Law

Author: Nicholas McMurry

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1000864693

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This book explores the human rights principle of participation and the human right to participation. The work presents an argument that international human rights law imposes obligations to enable participation, and demonstrates that it has been interpreted in this way by authoritative bodies. Divided into four parts, Part I provides the historical and theoretical background. Part II presents the argument that a right to participation and a human rights principle of participation exist in international law and Part III argues that human rights law, and the way it has been interpreted, can provide a coherent account of the content of such a right and principle. The conclusions of the book and their implications are explored in Part IV. While there have been several studies of specific forms of participation, such as collective bargaining, this study provides a coherent account of the meaning and application of participation in international human rights law as a whole. The book will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, and policy-makers working in the area of international human rights law.

Environmental Rights
Environmental Rights

Author: Stephen J. Turner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 1108482244

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A comprehensive and systematic guide to environmental rights and their relationship with standards of protection globally, nationally and locally.

Sustainability through Participation?
Sustainability through Participation?

Author: Birgit Peters

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-07-03

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9004509380

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Can—and should—participation be a means of achieving sustainability? The concepts of sustainability and participation are both in vogue, and many international, supranational and national legal texts and standards refer to these two concepts. However, there are still several unanswered questions that invite legal inquiry: which sustainability? Which kinds of participation? Participation by whom? How are the two concepts of sustainability and participation effectively interlinked in legal provisions? This book approaches the interconnection between sustainability and participation inductively and precisely in areas of law which are commonly associated with sustainability and sustainable development: national, European and international environmental and economic law.

Human Rights and Environmental Protection
Human Rights and Environmental Protection

Author: Marek Prityi

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-11-15

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1040228399

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This book explores the complex relationship between human rights and environmental protection. It analyzes the concept of environmental procedural rights from a comparative perspective in the European Union, India, and China. Arguing the need to apply a holistic approach which acknowledges the interlinkages between democracy, environmental protection, and climate change, it examines both theoretical and practical dimensions of the topic, with case studies drawn from empirical research. The work highlights the important role of environmental procedural rights at the intersection of environmental law and human rights, emphasizing the need for effective channels of communication between citizens and public authorities. The study calls for the taking into account of non-binding recommendations, such as the Maastricht Recommendations on Promoting Effective Public Participation in Environmental Matters, for developing public participation procedures in a manner that allows authorities to tailor these to the needs and situations of marginalized people. The book will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and policy makers working in the areas of environmental law, international human rights law and transnational law and governance.

Managing Facts and Feelings in Environmental Governance
Managing Facts and Feelings in Environmental Governance

Author: Lorenzo Squintani

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1788976177

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This timely book brings to the foreground the considerable tensions between the need to engage the public in the importance of environmental governance and the need of professional expertise to address the issues which arise. In doing so, it highlights that not only can public opinion deviate from scientific knowledge, but scientific knowledge itself can be lacunose or contradicting. Drawing together insights from some of the leading scholars, this engaging work will provide guidance to decision makers, including judges, on how to govern public participation procedures and professional expertise and the role that the precautionary principle can play in this regard.