국제법상 환경정보공개제도 - 알후스협약(Aarhus Convention)과 2003년 EU지침을 중심으로 -
Access to Environmental Information in International Law - focused on Aarhus Convention and EU Directive(2003) -
The goal of environmental law is to make people living safe through the solving environmental problems. In recent industrialized society, the most important element to settle environmental matters is to provide the rights on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice. The Aarhus Convention, also Directive 2003/4/EC, shows a developing legal scheme to achieve environmental democracy to provide the rights on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice to remove environmental problems. Moreover, in Art. 2 (3) (c) provides that the state of human health and safety, conditions of human life, cultural sites and built structures, in as much as they are or may be affected by the state of the elements of the environment or, through these elements, by the factors, activities or measures referred to in subparagraph (b) above. This means that the environmental information should include fundamental conditions of human life being. This Convention is a regional one, open to participation by members or consultative members of the UN Economic Commission fo Europe. Since this includes North America and the former Soviet states of Central Asia it is in effect a Northern hemisphere agreement. And it recognizes the relationship between environmental protection and basic human rights, including the right to life.
목차
Ⅰ. 머리말 Ⅱ. 알후스협약(Aarhus Convention)상 환경정보에 대한 접근 및 이용에 관한 제도 Ⅲ. 환경정보 접근에 대한 2003년 EU지침 Ⅳ. 맺음말 참고문헌 Abstract
키워드
알후스협약WCED 환경법 전문가 그룹환경정보접근권대중참여환경민주주의Aarhus ConventionWCED environmental law experts groupright on access to environmental informationpublic participationenvironmental democracy