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European Union

States fail to remedy access to justice failures

Analysis / 23 April 2019

At the end of February, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee published its first set of “Progress Reviews”. These analyse to what extent Parties found to have breached the Convention have remedied those failures.

  • We challenge EU’s lack of transparency around fishing quotas

    News / 17 April 2019

    We are challenging the lack of transparency and public scrutiny around European decisions that set unsustainable fishing quotas behind closed doors.

  • ClientEarth CEO named one of ‘world’s most influential people in climate policy’

    News / 20 March 2019

    James Thornton, founder and CEO of ClientEarth, has joined David Attenborough and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a list of the World’s Most Influential People in Climate Policy.

  • Access to Justice update from ClientEarth and Justice & Environment

    Newsletter / 18 March 2019

    Read about our new legal guide to protecting the environment, rivers given legal rights and other important updates from Spain and Hungary.

  • Access to Justice update from ClientEarth and Justice & Environment

    Newsletter / 15 March 2019

    The European Commission is organising a public consultation on how the EU should implement the access to justice provisions of the Aarhus Convention.

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  • Sebastian Bechtel, Environmental Democracy Lawyer, ClientEarth

    Sebastian Bechtel

    Environmental Democracy Lawyer

  • Amandine Van Den Berghe, Lawyer, Trade and Environment, ClientEarth

    Amandine Van Den Berghe

    Lawyer, Trade and Environment

  • Alice Bernard

    Chemicals Lawyer/Juriste

  • Paloma Colmenarejo, Spanish Sustainable Seafood Project Coordinator

    Paloma Colmenarejo

    Spanish Sustainable Seafood Project Coordinator

  • Juliette Delarue, State Aid Expert, Environmental Lawyers ClientEarth

    Juliette Delarue

    Lawyer/Juriste, Energy

  • Julinka Doenhoff

    Development Board Member

  • Lara Fornabaio

    Lara Fornabaio

    Chemicals Lawyer

  • Anne Friel, Lawyer, European Union Aarhus Centre, Environmental Lawyers ClientEarth

    Anne Friel

    Lawyer, Environmental Democracy

  • Gillian Hankey

    Gillian Hankey

    Case Management Officer, Strategic Litigation

  • Anna Heslo, Lawyer, Clean Air - Strategic Litigation, Environmental Lawyers ClientEarth

    Anna Heslop

    Lawyer, Wildlife Project Leader

  • Irmina Kotiuk

    Irmina Kotiuk

    Lawyer, EU Clean Air

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    Ranja Łuszczek

    Intern, Energy

  • Hermann Ott

    Head of German office

  • Capucine Pineau, Project Coordinator, ClientEarth

    Capucine Pineau

    Environmental Democracy Project Coordinator

  • Maja Pravuljac

    Maja Pravuljac

    Legal Researcher

  • Apolline Roger, Lawyer, ClientEarth

    Apolline Roger

    Law and Policy Advisor, Chemical Project Lead

  • Sabine Smith, Digital Communications Assistant , ClientEarth

    Sabine Smith

    Digital Communications Assistant

  • Raphael Soffer

    Raphaël Soffer

    Lawyer, Energy

  • IMage of Flaminia Tacconi, lenvironmental lawyer at ClientEarth

    Flaminia Tacconi

    Lawyer/Juriste, European Fisheries, Biodiversity

  • Diane Vandesmet, Events and Communications officer, ClientEarth

    Diane Vandesmet

    Events and Communications Officer

  • Maria-Jolie Veder, Intern, EU Energy and Coal

    Maria-Jolie Veder

    Lawyer/Juriste, Energy

  • Bianca Vergnaud, Communications Officer, Strategic Litigation, Environmental Lawyers ClientEarth

    Bianca Vergnaud

    Communications Officer, Strategic Litigation

  • Agnieszka Warso-Buchanan

    Lawyer/Radca Prawny, Clean Air, Strategic Litigation

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    Ida Westphal

    Lawyer, Energy

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