Law and Practice relating to Access to Information on the Environment, Public Participation in Processes Leading to Decision-making and Access to Judicial and Administrative Procedures Relation to Environmental Matters

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationLaw Division
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.coverage.spatialAsia
dc.coverage.spatialLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-11T12:32:15Z
dc.date.available2018-07-11T12:32:15Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionThe United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council decision 20/4 (GC2014) calls on the Executive Director in consultations with Governments and relevant international organizations, to seek appropriate ways of building capacity in and enhancing access to environmental information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. In this regard, UNEP was further required by decision GC 20/4 to study various models of national legislation, policies and guidelines. This report is a study of State practice in three regions on national legislation, policy and guidelines covering access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. The study outlines various models found in the African region, the Asia and Pacific region and the Latin American and Caribbean region. It is clear from the study that although a lot takes place at the national level there is still a need for UNEP to enhance and promote these principles and create an enabling environment for Governments to build capacity in this area by learning from each oilier.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/25717
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number88 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectcapacity building
dc.subjectdecision-making
dc.subjectdeveloping country
dc.subjectenvironmental information
dc.subjectenvironmental law
dc.subjectenvironmental policy
dc.subjectenvironmental management
dc.subjectaccess to information
dc.subjectenvironmental justice
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectAsia and the Pacific
dc.subjectLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.titleLaw and Practice relating to Access to Information on the Environment, Public Participation in Processes Leading to Decision-making and Access to Judicial and Administrative Procedures Relation to Environmental Mattersen
dc.typeCommunication or other resource
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000050
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000051

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