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31.challenGing THE REDUCTION OF sanitary protection zone OF POULTRY FARm with capacity of 1 Mln heads (2025-01-09)
... Case: on challenging the conclusion of the state sanitary-epidemiological examination. Region: Ukraine, Lviv region. The essence of the case: There are plans to construct a poultry farm for 1 million chickens beyond the village of Lany, near residential buildings of local residents. In the Unified Register of Strategic Environmental Assessment, the Detailed Territory Plan and... ...
32.Advocacy campaign of ICO “Environment-People-Law” in 2024: steps towards an environmental future (2024-12-18)
... The year of 2024 became for International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” a special period filled with new challenges and important achievements. The full-scale invasion and the ongoing war are prompting Ukrainian civil society to take an active stance both at the national and international levels. It is important that the voice of the environmentally conscious public... ...
33.EPL took part in the first working meeting of the Civil Society Coordination Platform of the Register of Damage (2024-12-17)
... On 16 December 2024, the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine organised in Kyiv and online the first working meeting of its Civil Society Coordination Platform attended by more than 80 organizations. The Executive Director of the Register of Damage for Ukraine, Markiyan Klyuchkovskyi, gave a welcome speech... ...
34.Positions of states during the hearings on the advisory opinion of the UN International Court of Justice regarding the obligations of states in the context of climate change (2024-12-12)
... Previously, through its information channels EPL has already informed about the launch of public hearings on the advisory opinion on the obligations of states in the context of climate change at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague. The hearings lasted from December 2, 2024 until December 13, 2024. Representatives of states, international... ...
35.EPL team in The Hague is paving the way for inevitability of punishment for wartime environmental crimes (2024-12-09)
... In the period of December 2 – 6, representatives of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” made an advocacy trip to the global justice center in The Hague (Netherlands), which aimed to increase international attention to the issues of legal definition of ecocide, compensation for damage caused to the Ukrainian environment by Russian aggression, and ensuring environmental... ...
36.Thanks to Ukraine, the GMO amendment to the Aarhus Convention will finally enter into force (2024-12-06)
... Yesterday, on December 5, 2024, an important event in international environmental law took place. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the basic version of the draft Law “On the Ratification of Amendments to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters” No 0272 dated... ...
37.EPL announces enrollment for the “ECOVOLUNTEER” program (2024-12-01)
... If: you are concerned about environmental problems and would like to get engaged into practical nature conservation; you connect your future work with nature conservation, environmental protection; you would like to solve a specific environmental problem – protect a river, forest, swamp, steppe, etc. or stop trespassers, then this program is for you! ICO “Environment-People-Law”... ...
38.Press briefing “Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: ecocide for the environment and climate as a consequence of the war” (2024-11-21)
... On 20 November 2024, the Ukrainian pavilion hosted a press briefing organized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine together with ICO “Environment-People-Law” entitled “Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: ecocide for the environment and climate as a consequence of the war” that was held in a mixed format within the UN... ...
39.The problem of ecocide through the lens of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: legal dimension (2024-11-19)
... Executive summary The problem of ecocide in the conditions of war. Russia’s full-scale invasion has had a devastating impact on Ukraine’s environment, including destruction of biodiversity, soil, water and air pollution, and loss of unique ecosystems. The scale of the damage indicates the need to qualify these actions as ecocide. ...
40.European integration “achievements” of Ukraine in 2024 in the environmental sector (2024-11-18)
... Recently, the European Commission (hereinafter – the EC) released Ukraine 2024 Report within the 2024 Communication on EU enlargement policy1. Three pages of the report cover Chapter 27 of the acquis (Environment and climate change) and the conclusions are unfortunately disappointing. The European Commission assessed Ukraine’s progress in the environmental sphere in 2024 as very... ...
