The Aarhus Convention

1. The Aarhus Convention: An Overview
Charles Banner
The Implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the UK
2. The Aarhus Convention in England and Wales
Brian KA Ruddie
3. The Aarhus Convention in Scotland
Lorna Drummond QC
4. The Aarhus Convention in Northern Ireland-A Tale of Two Polities
William Orbinson QC
5. The Aarhus Convention and the European Union
Professor Ludwig Krämer
The Substantive Rights
6. Access to and Collection of Environmental Information
David Blundell
7. Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making, Plan-Making and Executive Regulations-Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Aarhus Convention
Simon Ricketts and Juliet Munn
8. Access to Justice: Review Procedures and Costs
James Maurici QC
9. The Aarhus Convention and NGOs
Carol Day
Review of Parties' Compliance with the Aarhus Convention
10. The Aarhus Convention Compliance Mechanism and Proceedings before its Compliance Committee
Veit Koester
Appendices
1. The Aarhus Convention
2. Decision I/7 of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention
3. Format for Communications to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
4. Regulation 1049/2001/EC on public access to Parliament, Council and Commission documents
5. Regulation 1367/2006 on the application of the Aarhus Convention to Community institutions and bodies
6. Directive 2003/4 (the Environmental Information Directive)
7. Directive 2003/35/EC (the Public Participation Directive)
8. Directive 2011/92/EU (the Codified Environmental Impact Assessment Directive)
9. Directive 2001/42/EC (the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive)
10. Civil Procedure Rules, Rule 45 Section VII, Practice Direction 45 Section VII, and rule 52.9A
11. Rules of the Court of Session, Chapter 58A
12. The Costs Protection (Aarhus Convention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
13. Tabular analysis of the Meeting of the Parties' Consideration of the Compliance Committee's Findings in Communications and Referrals Concerning the Parties ' Compliance
14. List of Useful Weblinks Relating to the Aarhus Convention