Full Description
Kofi Annan concluded the Aarhus Convention was 'the most ambitious venture in environmental democracy undertaken under the auspices of the United Nations'.
21 years since its adoption, this edited collection reflects on the Convention's impact across a number of key themes. It explores the Convention's role in the legal and political order; its jurisdictional impact; the role of the Compliance Committee; Aarhus and the European Union; Aarhus and Brexit. It also looks at the Convention's national impact, charting its application in practice in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland. It addresses procedural issues such as standing, costs and remedies. Addressing questions of origins and scope to policy and practice, all environmental lawyers will find this collection invaluable.
Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. The Aarhus Convention: Overarching Themes
Gregory Jones KC and Áine Ryall
2. International Law Origins and Scope of the Aarhus Convention
Gregory Jones KC and Charles Streeten
PART II: THE AARHUS CONVENTION AND THE COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
3. The Effective Use of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
Fiona Marshall
4. Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee: A Practitioner's Perspective
David Hart KC
PART III: THE AARHUS CONVENTION'S ROLE IN THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL ORDER
5. The Aarhus Convention: Advancing the Frontier of Human Rights and the Environment
Áine Ryall
6. Environmental Democracy and Aarhus
Emily Barritt
7. Seeking Environmental Information: Rule of Law and Private Interest
Emma Lees
PART IV: THE JURISDICTIONAL IMPACT OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION
8. The Reception of the Aarhus Convention into the Domestic Law of Contacting States
Gregory Jones KC, Alex Greaves and Daisy Noble
9. A Tale of Two Cities: Almaty, Escazú and the International Impacts of the Aarhus Convention
Richard Caddell
10. Aarhus and the EU: Access to Justice
Peter Oliver
11. Aarhus and Brexit
Colin Reid
PART V: THE APPLICATION OF THE AARHUS CONVENTION
12. Applying Aarhus: Rules, Guidance and Compliance Committee Findings
Richard Honey and Merrow Golden
13. Access to Environmental Information
Gregory Jones KC and Horatio Waller
14. Limitation Periods and Standing
David Graham
15. Aarhus Costs from an English Perspective
Simon Ricketts, Ricardo Gama and Conor Fegan
16. Interlocutory and Final Remedies
Ned Westaway and Sarah Sackman
PART VI: THE AARHUS CONVENTION IN NEIGHBOURING COMMON LAW JURISDICTIONS
17. Aarhus in Scotland: Costs: Rationing Access to Justice?
Ben Christman
18. Aarhus in Northern Ireland
Gregory Jones KC and Simon Turbitt BL
19. Aarhus in Ireland
Tom Flynn BL
Part VII: CONCLUSIONS
20. The Aarhus Convention: Coming of Age?
Gregory Jones KC and Áine Ryall
