After the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the subsequent consequences of the concealment of vital environmental information from the public, newly‐independent Ukraine felt very strongly about the public’s right to environmental information. This led to this right being enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine (1996) and Ukraine becoming one of the very first countries to ratify the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention, Convention) in 1999.