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T1 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
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 capacity building
K1 decision-making
K1 developing country
K1 environmental information
K1 environmental law
K1 environmental policy
K1 environmental management
K1 access to information
K1 environmental justice
K1 Africa
K1 Asia and the Pacific
K1 Latin America and the Caribbean
YR 2002
FD 2002
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/25717
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/25717
NO The 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.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 20, 2026