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| Primary Document |
| Title: | Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters |
| Alternative Title(s): | Aarhus Convention |
| Available From: | http://www.unece.org/env/pp/treatytext.htm |
| http://www.unece.org/env/pp/documents/cep43e.pdf | |
| Conclusion Date: | 1998-06-28 |
| Entry Into Force Date: | 2001-10-30 |
| Description: | The objective of this Convention is to guarantee the rights of access to information, public participation in decision-making, and access to justice in environmental matters. This landmark agreement builds on prior texts and is the first environmental treaty to incorporate the language of Principle 1 of the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment ("Stockholm Declaration") |
| Legal Citation: | 2161 UNTS 447; 38 ILM 517 (1999) |
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| Keywords: | environmental law |
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| Site Administrator: | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) |
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