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| Title: | Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Decision Making in Uganda |
| Author: | Mwebaza, Rose |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Periodical: | East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 37-86 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Uganda |
| Subjects: | environmental law access to information Law, Human Rights and Violence Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Politics and Government |
| Abstract: | It is now an indisputable fact in modern environment discourse that the promotion of environmental protection and sustainable development is fundamentally enhanced through the adoption of strategies and practices that secure citizens' rights to access information, public participation and access to justice. The adoption of the Aarhus Convention (1998) with an option for non-EEC countries to accede to the Convention means that an irreversible trend with global implications has been set for securing environmental procedural rights. However, in spite of the fact that States have made international commitments for the implementation of environmental procedural rights, the application of these rights is national. This paper analyses the extent to which Uganda has progressed in promoting and securing environmental procedural rights for its citizens. It contends that it is important for States to recognize and implement these rights in order to achieve sustainable development. The paper also pays attention to the global context within which environmental procedural rights have emerged and how they have been provided for in international and regional instruments, particularly focusing on the European Union. Recommendations for improving Uganda's environmental procedural rights regime conclude the paper. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |