Events and Announcements

 From March 3rd to March 5th, the “United for Justice” conference took place in Lviv, the city that gave the world two well-known lawyers who laid the foundations of international humanitarian law1. The conference aimed to unite Ukraine and its international partners to hold russia accountable for its crimes and become a global platform…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing immense human suffering and loss of life. This war remains equally destructive for the environment, in turn affecting public health, ecosystems, food security and the climate; its consequences will be felt in Ukraine and beyond for decades to come.On the first anniversary of the full–scale invasion, which started on…

 According to the assessment of the European Commission, Ukraine is at an early stage of European integration (acquis communautaire), including in the field of environmental protection and adaptation to climate change. In fact, Ukraine received one point in the five-point rating system. The European Commission emphasized the need to implement the requirements of the…

At the beginning of 2023, on its official Facebook page, the Ministry of Environment published an infographic about the results of 2022 in terms of implementing the Association Agreement with the EU in the environmental sphere. Description of the infographic was saying about big steps towards the EU, about the approval of nine European integration…

EPL’s mission is the rule of law for environmental protection. It is impossible to save the environment alone. Therefore, during the year, our EkoSOS 2022 hotline gathered like-minded people in communities across Ukraine whose environmental rights were violated. Together with our clients and colleagues from other organizations, we looked for the root of the problems…

On December, 15, 2022 the appeal court in Lviv took the side of the investors of ski resort Svydovets construction. Svydovevts ski resort is supposed to be second Bykovel ski resort in Zakarpatya region. Back in 2017, Rakhiv and Tyachiv regional state administrations adopted the decisions to approde the Detailed plan of the territory of…

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. Below we will consider the key aspects of Michel Forst’s vision of the mandate https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-11/Vision_for_mandate.pdf?fbclid=IwAR15mf5QmmOEsTMbf9GEifLGB1d15u5vdzpy0NLT4GZCE-IFeMfr5xeWJ2A. Mr. Michel Forst noted…

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…