The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)

摘要: Introduction The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Justice Environmental Matters (the ‘Aarhus Convention’) was adopted at the Fourth Ministerial ‘Environment for Europe’ Conference Aarhus, Denmark, 25 June 1998, signed by thirty-five countries EC. Russian Federation, as well Canada USA (which are members of United Nations Economic Commission Europe (UN/ECE)) among non-signatory States that have not ratified or otherwise acceded a later stage. Aarhus entered into force 30 October 2001. first Meeting Parties (MoP) held Lucca, Italy, 2002, second MoP Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 2005. has (as 2006) thirty-nine contracting parties, them most twenty-five EC countries. majority remaining parties Central Eastern European may, addition being ECE, having consultative status with economic integration organizations, be any State is member UN upon approval MoP. An Extraordinary Convention, within framework Fifth (Kiev, 2003), Protocol Pollutant Release Transfer Registers ‘2003 PRTR Protocol’). thirty-six