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Activists - environmentalists eventually managed to have a court proceedings on the operation of Nemo dolphinarium and to involve Nature Protection Ministry as a respondent. On 15 September, at 11:00 a.m., the first hearing of the case initiated by two NGOs, “Center for Bird Lovers” and “EcoDar” will be held at Administrative Court, who accuse Nature Protection Ministry of inactions. The arguments in support of the action include the violations of two laws – RA Law “On Environmental Impact Expert Assessment” and the Aarhus Convention (UNECE CONVENTION ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS)
The subject matter of the court proceedings is as follows: Nemo dolphinarium was constructed in public zone without conducting any environmental impact assessment, thereby violating the appropriate law. In its turn, Nature protection Ministry responsible for enforcing environmental legislation, neglected multiple public applications on the illegality of this building and didn’t taken any measures to restore the law.
August 29, 2011 at 13:48