AARHUS CONVENTION

BY KEITH NUTHALLGEORGE W Bush may mot have an awful lot of time for either the United Nations or international law - especially as far as global warming is concerned - but in Europe, at least, its reach is growing wider. Citizens have long been able to appeal to national courts and claim that their rights under European Union law have been infringed, regardless of whether national governments have written these EU regulations into their national statute books. And now, for the first time, citizens, councils and non-governmental organisations have gained the right ...


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