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EMLA Child Protection Policy
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Conflicting interests: energy and extractive projects and biodiversity in the Western Balkan region
J&E is traditionally interested in expanding its sphere of work to the Western Balkan region. We were joined by Zelena Akcija before Croatia became a member state of the EU, we have an associate member from North Macedonia and we did 2 projects with the participation of colleagues from the SEE...
Guide on Access to Justice in European Union law
The most comprehensive guide to date on access to environmental justice on the EU level was just published by ClientEarth. The publication that is available at the this link was written by ClientEarth in the EARL project. The EARL project is run jointly by Justice &...
Visegrad 4 Aarhus Center: protecting environmental access to justice
Access to Justice in Hungary Public participation in Europe but also in the world would not be so strong and organized without the Aarhus Convention. And certainly the Aarhus Convention would not exist without starting the Environment for Europe movement by the Czech minister of...
Case Study on Access to Justice in Hungary
The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe. Download case study (in Hungarian, with an English...
Budapest government faces legal challenge over dismal air quality plan
Environmental organisations have taken legal action against the authorities of Hungary’s capital, Budapest over illegal and harmful levels of air pollution in the city. The challenge, brought by Hungarian environmental organisation Clean Air Action Group (CAAG), is supported by the...
Improving Access to Justice
While the body of EU environmental policy and regulation is one of the most advanced and comprehensive in the world, an implementation gap has become evident. Strong legislative and policy frameworks are not providing the results that they should because they are not properly implemented. Experience across EU Member States has shown that relying solely on public authorities to overcome the implementation deficit will not yield the required results. Therefore, active citizens, either acting on their own or via NGOs, are essential to support the actions of authorities.
Aarhus+20, the first Hungarian training in the EARL project and a Visegrad 4 workshop
The year 2018 is a special one in the life of the Aarhus family. We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Convention, or as we say, its 20th Birthday. There were a number of memorial events throughout the year, most prominently the event in May in Rome, organized by the Italian...
Hungarian Energy Strategies and Plans
With the support of and cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation EMLA Association has finalized a pilot project about the environmental and sustainable development content of the Hungarian energy plans and their coherence with the rest of environmental and energy law of the country....
Cleaner air for everyone!
Air quality within our surroundings is significantly degraded by solid waste combustion at household level throughout the country. Defending the right to a healthy environment, EMLA provides legal advice and legal representation to the public.Our project is supported by the Ministry of Rural...