The Aarhus Convention is an international agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, signed in the Danish city of Aarhus, on the rights of citizens in environmental matters. It rests on three pillars: the right of the public to have access to environmental information held by authorities, the right to take part in environmental decision-making, and the right to go to court when these rights are violated or environmental law is broken. It entered into force in 2001 and has been joined by the European Union and most countries in Europe and Central Asia. A compliance committee reviews complaints from members of the public. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called it the most ambitious venture in environmental democracy so far undertaken under the auspices of the UN.
Before and after
- 1 June 1998Founding of European Central Bank
- 5 June 1998Creation of Symbian
- from 6 June 1998 to 22 February 2004Premiere of Sex and the City
- 23 June 1998Discovery of Gliese 876 b
- 25 June 1998Aarhus Convention
- 27 June 1998Construction of Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- 6 July 1998Construction of Hong Kong International Airport
- 17 July 1998Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
- 23 July 1998Creation of Mandriva Linux
More in Wars, politics & history
- from 12 March 1947 to 25 December 1991Cold War
- from 3 April 1948 to 1 December 1951Marshall Plan
- 10 December 1948Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 26 July 1953Cuban Revolution
- from 14 October 1962 to 28 October 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 26 December 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The era
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