Events and Announcements

On November 24-25, 2022, in Geneva there was held the ninth meeting of the Working Group of the Parties to the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (hereinafter – PRTR) to the Aarhus Convention. Despite the war, four representatives from Ukraine took part in the meeting of the Working Group – two representatives of…

The reform of state environmental control has been implemented for at least five years. It is almost three years since registration in the Parliament of the Draft Law on State Environmental Control No. 3091. In July 2021, it was adopted as a basis, and the issue has not moved any further. International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law”…

EPL participated online in High-Level Conference on ‘RebuildUkraine’ and Civil Dialogue, organized by European Environmental Bureau, with participation of the EU institutions representatives. EPL presented its vision on the role of civil society in Ukraine, in rebuilding Ukraine and launching key environmental reforms, in particular the reform of state environmental control. Below there is EPL statement…

On November 23, there was held an online meeting of all stakeholders with the newly elected Special Rapporteur of the Aarhus Convention on Environmental Defenders, where he presented his mandate and talked about his future activities. After his election, Mr. Michel Forst thanked the Parties for their trust and stated that he will do his…

  While Ukraine is just starting to implement the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (hereinafter – the Register), the international community is actively working to improve it. Among other things, the following ideas for improvement of functioning of the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (hereinafter – E-PRTR) were proposed at the ninth meeting of…

As we mentioned earlier, lawyers of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” took part in The ninth meeting of the working group of the Parties to the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (hereinafter – the Protocol) to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice on Environmental Matters. Participation…

  Last week, the leaders of the world’s leading states arrived on the Indonesian island of Bali for the annual meeting of the G20 countries, which unites the world’s leading economies. All these countries in one or another way are experiencing the consequences of the war of the russian federation against Ukraine. The fact that…

To: Chair of the Environmental Policy Committee of the VRU Oleh BONDARENKO Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan STRILETS The position of the public regarding the assessment of the impact of the military aggression of the russian federation, bringing the russian federation to account and restoration of the environment to its natural state…

The public is deeply concerned about the initiative of legislative regulation of the accelerated review of permit documents and the secrecy of the legislative process, as well as about the fact that the provisions of the draft law No. 8058 contravene the requirements of national and international legislation. Implementation of the draft law will have…

On September 20, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the second reading the Law of Ukraine “On the National Pollution Release and Transfer Register” No.6477 of 28/12/2021 (hereinafter – the Law No. 6477 or the Law). On October 6, 2022, the Law was signed by the President of Ukraine. As indicated in the…