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Amulsar Case in Administrative Court
Lragir.am
Law - 03 April 2015, 20:13
The license for exploiting the mine in Amulsar has been granted with
enumerable breaches. On April 2 Advocate Haik Alumyan submitted an
application to the Administrative Court on behalf of 11 villagers of
Gndevaz and two NGOs, Environmental Law and Ecodar. They find that the
law on Lake Sevan and the Law on the Flora have been violated.
The statement of claim is based on the violations of the following clauses:
According to Article 5 of the RA Law on Environmental Impact
Assessment and Examination, the right to health and the right to have
a favorable environment to live and create, the necessity of
maintaining the balance of ecosystems and protection of the fauna and
flora with a view to the interests of the present and future
generations. Considering the principles of environmental impact
assessment and examination, the principles of public participation in
the process of assessment and examination was violated.
The respondents are the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Examination Commission for
Lake Sevan Protection of the National Academy of Sciences, as well as
Geoteam CJSC as the third person.
The lawyer says that the license to exploit Teghut mine in Lori region
has been challenged in courts, including the European Court of Human
Rights where it turned out that the NGOs are not entitled to apply to
the ECtHR for environmental matters but there is a hope that the new
legislation and the two decisions on Armenia made by Aarhus Compliance
Committee will force our judiciary to revise their approaches.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/right/view/33881
From: Baghdasarian
Lragir.am
Law - 03 April 2015, 20:13
The license for exploiting the mine in Amulsar has been granted with
enumerable breaches. On April 2 Advocate Haik Alumyan submitted an
application to the Administrative Court on behalf of 11 villagers of
Gndevaz and two NGOs, Environmental Law and Ecodar. They find that the
law on Lake Sevan and the Law on the Flora have been violated.
The statement of claim is based on the violations of the following clauses:
According to Article 5 of the RA Law on Environmental Impact
Assessment and Examination, the right to health and the right to have
a favorable environment to live and create, the necessity of
maintaining the balance of ecosystems and protection of the fauna and
flora with a view to the interests of the present and future
generations. Considering the principles of environmental impact
assessment and examination, the principles of public participation in
the process of assessment and examination was violated.
The respondents are the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Examination Commission for
Lake Sevan Protection of the National Academy of Sciences, as well as
Geoteam CJSC as the third person.
The lawyer says that the license to exploit Teghut mine in Lori region
has been challenged in courts, including the European Court of Human
Rights where it turned out that the NGOs are not entitled to apply to
the ECtHR for environmental matters but there is a hope that the new
legislation and the two decisions on Armenia made by Aarhus Compliance
Committee will force our judiciary to revise their approaches.
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/right/view/33881
From: Baghdasarian