Environmental Procedural Rights Projects
The Rio Declaration adopted in 1992 brought to the fore the issue of environmental governance and the role of various actors. For sustainable development to be realized it is imperative that laws and policies be in place that provide for substantive rules. It is equally important that there be adequate rules and provisions that deal with the procedural aspects. Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration neatly summarized these procedural aspects as the principles of public participation, access to justice and access to information. State parties to the Rio Declaration are required to put in place national laws and policies that recognize and promote these procedural rights.
One of the first activities that the Institute undertook was a project that sought to analyze the legal and policy framework for environmental procedural rights in Kenya. The project was undertaken in the year 2002-3 and involved several activities including:
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Research on Promoting Environmental Procedural Rights in
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Critique workshop of the report and preparation of final
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Conducting legal awareness seminars in
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Publication of a Community Guide to Environmental Management in
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Launch of the Community Guide.
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