Side event co-organized at the Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention.
Civil society under pressure: Many states keep only formal promises of environmental democracy
Presentations & Speakers:
Panel 1: Challenges and obstacles in making environmental democracy alive
Belarus: Three years after exiting the Aarhus Convention
Ecohome
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Public interest in the service of not providing information
Ratko Pilipović, lawyer, Center for Environment
Georgia: Access Restricted
Salome Shublazde, Social Justice Center
Germany: Comment on the National Implementation Report
Luisa Schneider, Independent Institute for Environmental Issues
Kazakhstan: Comments to the National Implementation Report
S. Kuratov, N. Medvedeva, S. Kharitonova, Ecological Society Green Salvation
Moldova: An instrument of environmental democracy?
Ilya Trombitsky, Eco-TIRAS
Ukraine: Upholding the Aarhus principles in times of war
Olha Melen-Zabramna, Environment People Law
Panel 2: The triple crisis of the Caspian Sea
The Caspian: Bringing a triple planetary crisis to light
Dina Ni, Save the Caspian Sea movement
Holding Power to Account: The Government and Oil Corporations
Dina Ni, Save the Caspian Sea movement
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