Anmerkung zu BVerwG, Urteil vom 5.9.2013 – 7 C 21.12

Pursuant to Article 9 Para. 3 of the Aarhus Convention (AC), each Party of the Convention shall ensure that members of the public, in accordance with the criteria laid down in national law, have access to judicial procedures to challenge acts and omissions by public authorities which contravene provisions of its national law relating to the environment. In contrast to Article 9 Para. 2 AC, which grants members of the public concerne