Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)
Ongoing

The Aarhus Convention obliges states and grants the public rights in three areas of the convention: access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters in accordance with the provisions of the Convention.

 

Adopted: 25 June 1998

Opened for signature: 25 June 1998

Entered into force: 30 October 2001

Parties: 46 parties (including the European Union) (see table below)

 

More information about the Aarhus Convention can be found here.

The text of the Aarhus Convention is available here.

The current status of the Aarhus Convention is available here.

 

The following articles related to the Aarhus Convention were published in the Nuclear Law Bulletin and Principles and Practice of International Nuclear Law:

 

Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)
Albania Finland Lithuania Slovak Republic*
Armenia* France* Luxembourg Slovenia*
Austria Georgia Malta Spain*
Azerbaijan Germany* Moldova Sweden*
Belgium* Greece Montenegro Switzerland*
Bosnia and Herzegovina Hungary* Netherlands* Tajikistan
Bulgaria* Iceland North Macedonia Turkmenistan
Croatia Ireland Norway Ukraine*
Cyprus Italy Poland United Kingdom*
Czech Republic* Kazakhstan Portugal European Union
Denmark Kyrgyzstan Romania*  
Estonia Latvia Serbia  

* Country with at least one nuclear power plant in operation.