Events and Announcements

Press-anons On 20-21 September 2014, Lviv will host an international symposium “Human Rights and Environment in a New Ukraine: In Honor of Prof. Svitlana Kravchenko”. Environmental law cannot be treated separately whether through policy options, legislation or judicial doctrine in cases. Law in the field of human rights cannot be alienated from care about life…

Announcement Environment-People-Law (EPL) has initiated a radio broadcast on “Humane treatment of homeless animals” which will be held on the Lviv station “Independence” at 14.00 hrs, 04.09.2014. During the study of the theme about the homeless animals, lawyers of EPL had found many problematic issues, the most crucial of them are creating  shelters, catching animals,…

On October 19, 2009 Ukraine and Japan signed an agreement about selling quotas on greenhouse gas emissions. EPL requested information from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine(CMU) and from the National Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine(NEIA) about such agreement, about the amount of money, received from this agreement, and about the areas where they will be spent….

The 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the Aarhus Convention) is held in Maastricht (Netherlands) from 30 June till 2 July 2014. In the meeting hall there are over 450 official delegates and representatives of the public from…

Press-release On 6 May 2014, in Lviv there was held a Coordination meeting of non-governmental organizations providing pro bono legal aid for protection of environmental rights of communities.

On 19 March 2014, the National forum of experts from environmental NGOs, scholars and journalists will be held in the Aarhus center at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Kyiv, 35 Mytropolyt Vasyl’ Lypkivskyi St. (former Urytskoho St., the ground floor, room 103)). Participants of the Forum will discuss the future of environmental policy…

APPEAL of representatives of environmental, legal and academic civil communities to deputies of the 7th Supreme Council of Ukraine concerning criteria of evaluating candidates to the post of the Minister of Environment of Ukraine 24 February 2014 Criteria of evaluating candidates to the post of the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine

International charitable organization Environment-People-Law is seriously concerned about attempts to put pressure on International Renaissance Foundation and other civil society organizations. We found out about facts of hindrances that organizations face in making financial transactions and also repressions on organizations caused by tax agencies and police. All these absolutely unlawful actions are aimed at interfering…

January 16, 2014, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the bill № 3879, which was registered only two days earlier – January 14, 2014. As innovations of this bill, as quickness of its adoption by the Parliament, which usually delays the consideration of bills of the pressing issues for decades, are shocking for citizens and…