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    Teghut Initiative accuses Armenian government of violating Aarhus Convention


    August 10, 2013 | 12:43


    The Armenian government has violated the Aarhus Convention, stated the
    conclusion of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee of the UN
    Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

    According to the conclusion of the committee, the government had
    violated the convention by not taking into consideration the claim of
    environmental NGO Ecodar, challenging the administrative decision on
    exploitation of Teghut Mine in Armenia, the Teghut Protection
    Initiative reported.

    `Thus, the Aarhus Committee reaffirmed the viewpoint of Teghut
    Protection Civic Initiative, as well as the position of the
    Constitutional Court of Armenia that the NGOs involved in
    environmental issue have the right to go to court, challenging the
    decision, action or inaction of administrative bodies related to
    environment,' the initiative said in a statement.

    At the same time, the Committee suggested that the Armenian government
    should make amendments to the Law on NGOs and the Code of
    Administrative Procedure in regard to the right to challenge the
    decisions of administrative bodies in the court.

    Given that the meeting of member states of the Aarhus Convention will
    be held in June-July 2014, the Committee by that time will support the
    government on implementation of their proposals




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