IECL Lunchtime Seminar Series
Jonas Ebbesson - Professor at Stockholm University.
Claudia Hapt - Professor of Law and Political Science at Northeastern University School of Law.
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Claudia Hapt Talking past each other across the pond: Why discussions of online speech regulation between the US and Europe fail and what we can do about it Liz Fisher Imagining the World: Environmental Problems and Administrative Law Imagination in Comparative Perspective Jonas Ebbesson Participatory rights in environmental matters: Progressive features and compliance review of the Aarhus Convention Jonas will give a presentation of his work on and writing about participatory rights in environmental matters with a focus on the Aarhus Convention. The Aarhus Convention bridges international environmental and human rights law, and sets minimum standards for access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. The Convention parties must also ensure that members of the public are not discriminated, persecuted, penalised or harassed when exercising their rights. The Aarhus Convention applies to most countries in Europe, the European Union, several countries in the Caucasus region and Central Asia, and to one country in Africa. Jonas will describe the international compliance mechanism under the Aarhus Convention; how it provides for independent compliance reviews, and makes it possible to compare the means of performance and implementation of the Convention. He will also highlight the influence of the Aarhus Convention on international law and discourse.
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