Contents

pp v-xvi

Introduction Procedural Environmental Rights in Theory and Practice

pp xvii-xxvi

Procedural Environmental Rights: Status and Developments

pp 1-2

Developing Standards for Procedural Environmental Rights through Practice – The Changing Character of Rio Principle 10

pp 3-18

The Evolution of Participatory Rights in the Era of Fiscal Austerity and Reduced Administrative Burden

pp 19-38

Definitions of the Aarhus Convention v the Proposal for a New Latin America and the Caribbean Instrument – Mapping the Differences in the Material Scope of Procedural Environmental Rights in International Law

pp 39-58

Procedural Environmental Rights in Practice

pp 59-60

Procedural Environmental Rights in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and Their Impact on Criminal Procedure Law

pp 61-78

Ilva: An Environmental Case

pp 79-96

The Improvement of Article 37 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – A Choice Between an Empty Shell and a Test Tube?

pp 97-118

Public Participation

pp 119-120

The EU and Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making

pp 121-142

Public Participation in Rulemaking and Decision-Making in Environmental Matters – Legal Framework and Jurisprudence in Spain and the Basque Country

pp 143-158

Legal Instruments to Protect Indigenous Peoples’ Participation in Europe and in the Arctic Region

pp 159-170

Notifying the Public as a Part of the Public Participation Procedure in EU, Polish and Ukrainian Law

pp 171-192

Public Participation Rights Enhancement within the Wind Power Plants Location in Poland in the Context of EU Renewable Energy Requirements

pp 193-206

Access to Justice

pp 207-208

Access to Environmental Justice in India: Innovation and Change

pp 209-228

The Scope of the Review in Environment-related Disputes in the Light of the Aarhus Convention and EU Law – Tensions between Effective Judicial Protection and National Procedural Autonomy

pp 229-260

Implementation of the Aarhus Convention through Actio Popularis – Article 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention and Actio Popularis

pp 261-284

Procedural Environmental Rights and Nature Protection

pp 285-286

Towards a Legally Enforceable Duty to Restore Endangered Species under EU Nature Conservation Law – On Wild Hamsters, the Rule of Law and Species Extinction

pp 287-340

Recognition of Rights of Nature, as a Subject of Law, in the International Environmental Law Framework

pp 341-362

Strengthening Conservation through Participation: Procedural Environmental Rights of Local Communities in Transboundary Protected Areas

pp 363-386

Procedural Environmental Rights and EIA

pp 387-388

Public Participation and EIA in the Multi-Stage Decision-Making Process: The Czech example

pp 389-408

Use of the Bounding Conditions Envelope Concept in the Polish System of Environmental Impact Assessments

pp 409-424

Special Provisions on the Issuance of Environmental Decisions in Sectoral Legislation in Poland

pp 425-434

Procedural Environmental Rights and Climate Change

pp 435-436