RT null
T1 An Assessment of Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Decision-Making in Asia-Pacific: Technical Briefing Paper prepared for Expert Meeting on Human Rights and the Environment
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 
K1 human rights
K1 access to information
K1 environmental justice
K1 political participation
K1 Asia and the Pacific
K1 legal remedy
K1 Europe
K1 decision-making
YR 2021
FD 2021-04
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36334
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36334
NO The objective of this assessment is to provide an overview of good practices that have emerged in relation to the implementation, protection and promotion of procedural access rights to enable the right to a safe, clean healthy and sustainable environment. The scope of the assessment covers the provision of access rights and the development of an enabling environment for the exercise of those rights. The report also provides some references to the role of environmental impact assessment (EIA) and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) as these are both important mechanisms for the implementation of access rights. Lessons learned from the implementation of EIA and SEA can assist in the development of the broader application of access rights. This report broadly covers the good practices, advancements, issues and challenges of access rights in Asia-Pacific, but further detailed investigation and analysis are warranted. The report makes some broad recommendations on the way forward for the discussion of these achievement of these rights in the ESCAP Region, and more specifically in the ASEAN sub-region.
NO https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/environmental-rights-and-governance
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026