1. Jurisprudence Prepared by: Aphrodite Smagadi Mariah Kennedy

2. The mandate 16. The MOP requested the Task Force: (a) To continue to provide a platform for sharing of information, experiences and good practices related to access to justice, inter alia, by: (i) […] (ii) Developing a portal for the exchange of jurisprudence concerning the Convention for use by judges, legal professionals, academics and other stakeholders;

3. Information Requested 1) List of courts of last resort or instance, courts of appeal and other high judicial bodies in English 2) Case summaries of judgments concerning either: 1) Aarhus Convention itself, domestic legislation that implements the Convention, or issues related to the principles of the Convention; or 2) Cases involving your country from relevant judicial bodies at the regional level, such as the European Court of Justice (EU) and the European Court of Human Rights

4. Information Collected 60 summaries –Jurisprudence Parties Signatories US, Canada, Australia and others –Compliance Committee findings

5. [name and reference number of the decision/judgment] 1. Key issue 2. Country/Region 3. Court/body 4. Date of judgment /decision 5. Internal reference 6. Articles of the Aarhus Convention 7. Key words 9. Link address Case Summary Case Summary Template 8. Case summary

6. Jurisprudence Database

7. Draft Search Terms Admissibility Access to Information Environmental Information Access to Justice Remedies Public Participation Standing and Sufficient Interest Public Concerned Public Authority Public Environmental Impact Assessment Public recognition and support of associations Freedom of association Exhaustion of domestic remedies Prohibitively expensive Plans, programs and policies Executive regulations Aarhus Convention Non-governmental organizations Genetically Modified Organisms

8. Send the following to public.participation@UNECE.orgpublic.participation@UNECE.org Requests for case summary template Questions Completed English case summaries