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Přikrmování Schrödingerovy kočky: Ústavní soud podpořil účast ekologických spolků v přestupkovém řízení (polemika)
| Title in English | Feeding the Schrödinger‘s Cat: The Czech Constitutional Court Has Given the Green Light to Participation of Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations in Administrative Criminal Proceedings (Polemics) |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | České právo životního prostředí : časopis České společnosti pro právo životního prostředí |
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| Web | Open access časopisu |
| Keywords | Constitutional Court; Aarhus Convention; environmental NGOs; participation in decision-making; criminal liability; case law |
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| Description | Th is article provides a brief critique of the recent judgement of the Czech Constitutional Court of 18 December 2018, No. II. ÚS 1685/17, in which the Court granted a broad interpretation of general rules on public participation in decision-making in Art. 70 of Act. 114/1992 Coll. on Nature and Landscape Protection. Based on Art. 9(3) of the Aarhus Convention and the obligation of consistent interpretation with the EU law, the Court supported the participation of the environmental NGOs in administrative criminal proceedings. However, such a signifi cant step seems unsystematic, since otherwise the criminal enforcement remains entirely in the hands of the offi cial authorities and the members of the public concerned may separately question the legality of the harmful activity in court. Moreover, neither the Aarhus Convention nor any specifi c stipulations of the EU directives appear to be applicable in this case. |
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