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Approaches to the legal protection of the environment
Bejčková, Pavla ; Žákovská, Karolina (advisor) ; Sobotka, Michal (referee)
- Access to Justice in Environmental Matters Access to justice in environmental matters is a relatively new environmental law institute which enables the members of public to contest administrative acts and omissions of both administrative authorities and individuals in front of an independent and impartial authority. A break through international law document which addressed the issue of access to justice in environmental matters was the so-called Aarhus Convention adopted in 1998. The Aarhus Convention is a binding environmental treaty that requires its signatories to grant citizens in their respective countries access to environmental information, participation in decision-making in environmental matters and judicial redress where the two previous rights or other environmental law have been violated. The idea behind the Convention is that involving citizens in protecting the environment will improve environmental protection as they often have a keen interest and decisions in the environmental field directly affect their quality of life. By now the Convention has been ratified by 44 parties, including the EU. Therefore, the obligation of the Czech Republic to ensure that its national legislation provides citizens the right to challenge acts in breach of environmental law in courts arises not only...
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