Region: Kamyanske city, Dnipropetrovsk oblast Merits of the case: Defending the right of city residents to safe and healthy environment. Core of the problem: The Ministry of Environment allowed the company Rokoban to operate in Kamyanske city, namely to incinerate hazardous waste and to process livestock waste with a capacity of up to 40…
Case: Appeal against the environmental impact assessment (EIA) decision on Polis’ka WPP Region: Ukraine Essence of the case: the EIA procedure for Polis’ka WPP took place with significant violations of the EIA legislation by both the developer and the Ministry of Environment, which issued a decision to permit the planned activity in a situation when…
Protecting the right to environmental safety due to the lack of control over the use of pesticides and agrochemicals Case: Prohibition of pesticides and agrochemicals due to lack of control system Region: Ukraine Essence of the case: The establishment in Ukraine of control over the use of pesticides and agrochemicals Essence of the problem: In…
Case: Protection of activists of Tatarbunary regional NGO “Vidrodzhennia” Region: Ukraine, Odessa oblast Parties: Tatarbunary regional NGO “Vidrodzhennia”, local businessman Essence of the case: compensation of moral damage done to the reputation of local businessman after spreading information about his actions on the territory of the National Park «Tuzlovski Lymany» Essence of the problem: It’s…
Case: Protection of deputy of Fastiv city council Region: Ukraine, Kyiv region, city of Fastiv Parties: deputy of Fastiv city council and active citizen, LtD “Eko-vtor” Essence of the case: compensation of damage to reputation of LtD “Eko–Vtor” caused by distribution of information via Facebook on negative state of environment caused by commercial activities of…
Case: Protection of environmental activists from Bilyky village Region: Poltava region, Bilyky village Essence of the case: Protection of the right of local population to protest against pollution and illegal activity of polluter Parties: Ecoactivists, residents of Bilyky village. LtD “Silski tradycii”. Essence of the Problem: Local residents of Bilyky village, after long and ineffective fight against…
Region: Transcarpathian and Ivano-Frankivsk regions The essence of the matter: The protection of especially valuable territory, ice lakes from the construction of the tourist complex, taking into account when making city-planning documentation of especially valuable nature conservation areas, Emerald Network, wetlands. The essence of the problem: In May 2017, the Rakhiv and Tyachiv Regional State…
Essence of the case: protection of the biodiversity of the unique steppe land, restoration of the damaged part of the landscape reserve of local significance Tarutino steppe Region: Ukraine, Odessa region Essence of the problem: Destroyed about 1,000 hectares of particularly valuable steppe territory protected by the legislation on the natural reserve fund. Parties: Cabinet of…
Essence of the case: ensuring the proper functioning of the nature reserve as a separate legal entity, which is part of the nature reserve fund of Ukraine, is protected as a national heritage site owned by the people of Ukraine. Region: Ukraine, Cherkasy region, Kaniv Essence of the problem: The Kaniv Nature Reserve was illegally removed…
Region: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Dzembronya village (former Berestechko village, Bystrets local council). Trial: on invalidation of the land rental agreement dated August 16, 2010, concluded between Bystrets local council and Myronyuk V.V. The application of the consequences of the invalidity of the transaction, namely: to oblige the Myronyuk V.V. to bring the land plot to…
Case: The protection of EPL’s right to environmental information. Litigation: challenging the refusal of the State Enterprise “Ukrderzhbudekspertiza” to respond to a request for information and requesting the court to provide complete information. Region: Ukraine, Kyiv. Parties: Plaintiff – ICO “Environmental-People-Law”, defendant – State Enterprise “Ukrderzhbudekspertiza”. The essence of the problem: business entities do not…
Region: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Goloshino village The essence of the case: the protection of EPL’s interest in preservation of the river Bilyj Cheremosh. The court case: invalidation of the land lease agreement concluded on 16.08.10 between the Goloshinsky village council and the private limited company Mironyuk V.V. and invalidation of the contract of sublease of…