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Rights of nature in Ireland: towards a living island of rights-bearing communities. Submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss
(Environmental Justice Network Ireland: EJNI, 2022-09)
There is growing interest in the concept of ‘Rights of Nature’ and the legal possibilities it offers as a means of protecting the natural world when regulatory efforts fail. David Boyd, the current UN Special Rapporteur ...
Making "Fit for 55" fit for purpose: The Role of Access Rights.
(EJNI: Environmental Justice Network, 2022-11)
In response to the ever-worsening climate and biodiversity crises, that have seen widespread disruptive weather events and environmental degradation on an unprecedented scale, as well as producing tens of millions of ...
Environmental accountability is a must for EU decision making on State Aid: Guide to the Public Consultation on implementation of ACCC/C/2015/128
(EJNI: Environmental Justice Network, 2022-09)
A UN Compliance Body, the ACCC (Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee), has said that the EU must act to increase oversight and accountability in State Aid decision making to comply with its international law obligations. ...
EPBD Revision (Energy Building Performance Directive) Access to Justice amendment FAQs
(EJNI: Environmental Justice Network, 2022-11)
This briefing note relates to the proposed revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU. The EU Commission’s proposal seeks to strengthen emissions reduction of the buildings sector as part of the ...
FAQs on the effort sharing regulation (ESR) and access to justice
(EJNI: Environmental Justice Network Ireland, 2022-10)
The EU Commission in their Communication on Improving Access to Justice 2020 committed to bringing forward access to
justice clauses in all new legislative proposals which might concern environmental matters. This was ...
Synthesis Report: All-island implementation of the Aarhus Convention
(Irish Research Council, 2022-06)
This report summarises the research carried out for the project
‘Finding Common Ground: Towards All-island implementation of the
Aarhus Convention’. This project set out to explore issues with allisland implementation ...
Energy Performance of Building Directive and Access to Justice
(EJNI: Environmental Justice Network, 2022-06)
This briefing paper discusses potential amendments to the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive which
are being put forward by the EEB (who represent 180 member organisations in 38 countries with in excess of
30 ...
Report on Aarhus Implementation - Ireland
(Irish Research Council, 2022)
This Report identifies issues with the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Ireland. The Aarhus Convention UNECE 1998 is an international convention providing for a set of “environmental democracy” rights. These ...
Report on Aarhus Implementation - Northern Ireland
(Irish Research Council, 2022)
This report gives a broad overview of how the Aarhus Convention
is implemented in Northern Ireland and identifies key issues
with implementation in the areas of access to information, public
participation, and access ...
Characterising public participation as an international law norm
(Lawtext Publishing, 2022)
This article considers the nature of the right to public
participation in environmental decision-making in
international law. In doing so it briefly examines the
rationales for public participation, its features and ...