Environmental Law Lecture series
Welcome to the Environmental Law Lecture series! In this series, environmental law scholars will provide important insights into how EU environmental law helps to achieve a high level of environmental protection in the European Union and beyond.
Access to justice in environmental matters before national courts and the role of the CJEU’s case law
The Aarhus Convention is binding for the Member States of the European Union – both because they are signatories to the Convention under international law, and as a matter of EU law because of their membership to the EU. This lecture will discuss how the third pillar of the Aarhus Convention, access to justice, has been transposed by the European Union as far as access to national courts is concerned. It will highlight the main implementation roadblocks and the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Speaker: Mariolina Eliantonio
She is a Professor of European and Comparative Administrative Law and Procedure at Maastricht University. Her research is focused on the enforcement of European Law before national and EU courts. She does research specifically on the theme of access to court before national and European courts (with a special focus on environmental matters), on the Europeanisation process of national procedural administrative law and on the judicial review of the new modes of governance, such as soft law and technical standardisation.
Lecture Series
This lecture is part of a series that runs from 2023 to 2024, providing students and scholars with core insights into the current state of EU environmental law and how it can be improved to achieve greater environmental protection. All lectures will be recorded and made accessible through YouTube, and the series is freely accessible to all.
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This GreenDeal-Net lecture serie is hosted by MCEL, METRO and organised in cooperation with GLaw-Net and GreenDeal-NET. Maastricht University students will be eligible for certificates of attendance (see more information under the registration link).