Our survey showed that there have not been many examples of the direct application of the Aarhus Convention by the courts in SEE countries. In situations where the Aarhus Convention could be applied, the courts would rather apply the rules of domestic legislation that are relevant to the merits of the case, or the provisions of the EU directives that regulate access to information, public participation in decisionmaking and access to justice in environmental matters. In addition, in many environmental cases the Aarhus Convention will not be applicable, since it does not contain any substantive rules regarding the right to a healthy environment.
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Ofak, L. (2015). Application of the Aarhus convention in Southeast Europe. In Judicial Application of International Law in Southeast Europe (pp. 43–64). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46384-0_4
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