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Chornous, Aleksandra; Kichigin, Nikolay --- "Protection of environmental rights of citizens in the courts of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine" [2018] ELECD 1471; in Voigt, Christina; Makuch, Zen (eds), "Courts and the Environment" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 250

Book Title: Courts and the Environment

Editor(s): Voigt, Christina; Makuch, Zen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788114660

Section: Chapter 11

Section Title: Protection of environmental rights of citizens in the courts of Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine

Author(s): Chornous, Aleksandra; Kichigin, Nikolay

Number of pages: 20

Abstract/Description:

This chapter analyses the topical issues of judicial protection of environmental rights of citizens in Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Taking into account the practice of the European Court of Human Rights, the Supreme courts and constitutional courts, their potential positive influence on the practice of lower courts is demonstrated. The process of implementation and the results of the Aarhus Convention in Ukraine and the Republic of Kazakhstan are considered. The chapter reveals the main problems of legal protection pertaining to the environmental rights of citizens. For example, they include: the lack of clear criteria for the identification of substantive environmental rights such as the right to a favourable environment; the lack of procedural environmental rights; insufficient training of judges of national courts to resolve environmental disputes; and corruption. Finally, the chapter formulates proposals for improving the mechanism of judicial protection of environmental rights.