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21.The ECHR has ruled in three cases on climate change (2024-04-13)
... On April 9, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as the ECHR) ruled in three cases directly related to climate change. This day will definitely go down in the history of both the climate movement and the human rights movement. In view of the importance and a kind of precedent nature... ...
22.New policy for sustainable development of the forest sector: implementation progress in 2022-2023 (2024-04-06)
... In the recent years, Ukrainian forest policy has a number of distinctive trends, which reflect overall Ukrainian environmental and economic policy and priorities as well as vision of the sector development by managing officials of the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine (hereinafter – SAFR). There trends are based on 3 main directions with... ...
23.Mechanisms of international reparations for environmental damage: compensation mechanism for Ukraine (2024-04-02)
... Introduction. In a world where the devastating effects of war on the environment are becoming increasingly evident, there is a need to better understand and more effectively address the issue of compensation for environmental damage. This document is aimed at researching the prospects of getting reparations1 for environmental damage at the international level, through the... ...
24.Today, March 24, the EPL celebrates the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the organization! (2024-03-24)
... Our organization was founded on March 24, 1994 as “Ekopravo – Lviv” Charitable Foundation. Later, we transformed into International Charitable Organization “Environment-People-Law” and became EPL. Our goal is to protect the environment and the rights of citizens to a safe environment in Ukraine using law tools. At the beginning of our activity, we had three... ...
25.The resolution on environmental assistance and recovery in areas affected by armed conflict adopted by UNEP (2024-02-28)
... The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) took place from 26 February to 1 March 2024 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. On 24 February 2024, on the 2nd anniversary of the launch of the full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine, the preliminary consultations with civil society... ...
26.Environmental impact assessment is a hot topic not only in Ukraine (2024-02-27)
... The second day of the Annual Meeting of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide that is currently taking place in the USA was devoted to environmental impact assessment (EIA). Although the event brought together legal practitioners and scientists from nearly fifty countries across the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe, the quality of environmental impact... ...
27.The world largest forum of environmental lawyers has started its work (2024-02-26)
... The Annual Meeting of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide has begun. The Alliance brings together public interest lawyers from 70 countries that are the most talented environmental lawyers–practitioners, environmental lawyers–scientists, scientists in the area of environmental protection who have chosen nature conservation, protection of human rights to clean water and clean air as their life’s... ...
28.Recognition by the Council of Europe of the right to a safe and healthy environment: mission possible (2024-02-20)
... Introduction. This policy paper is intended to highlight the importance of adopting by the Council of Europe of a binding decision on the recognition of the right to a safe and healthy environment, adopting the Protocol on the right to a safe and healthy environment to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and... ...
29.Launch of the Specialized Tribunal: information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice (2024-02-16)
... EPL welcomes the initiatives of the state of Ukraine represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (hereinafter – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (hereinafter – the Ministry of Justice), which are aimed at launching a special ad hoc tribunal against Russia in the context of... ...
30.Russia should compensate Ukraine 5 BILLION UAH worth damages caused by military actions TO the Kamianska Sich National NATURE Park (2024-02-06)
... Case: aimed to recover from the Russian Federation, represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, in favor of the State of Ukraine, to the State Budget of Ukraine, the damage caused to the environment of the Kamianska Sich National Nature Park as a result of the armed aggression in the... ...
