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2018 International Symposium & Expert Meeting

International Symposium on Theory and Practice on EIA Litigation in Asia: Towards Establishing Indicators on Access to Justice

Conference Outline

Date: Sunday, September 23, 2018, 10:00am-6:20pm
Venue: Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University Hall, 1st Floor, Assembly Hall
Language: English / Japanese with simultaneous interpretation
Organisers: Osaka University, Green Access Project II “Review of Legal Indicators for the Participation Principle in Environmental Matters: Promotion of an International Cooperation towards Strengthening the Environmental Democracy”,Osaka University, Social Solution Initiative “Project to Promote Environmental Sustainability through Improvements of SDGs Indicators”

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Conference Programme

Conference Programme(Japanese)   Conference Programme(English)

Conference Venue(Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus, Building 31)

 DAY 1 | Conference Materials

1. International Trend of Access to Justice in Environmental Matters and EIA Litigation

Noriko OKUBO(Osaka University, Japan) |Abstract |PowerPoint Slides

2. Litigation regarding Environmental Assessment

Ken-ichiro YANAGI(Meiji University, Japan) |Abstract |PowerPoint Slides

3. The New Changes on Environmental Impact Assessment of China

Haifeng DENG(Tsinghua University, China) |Abstract |PowerPoint Slides

4. The Achievements of the Development and Tendency of Environmental Litigation in Taiwan

Thomas Shun-Kuei CHAN(Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan, R. O. C. (Taiwan)) |Abstract |PowerPoint Slides(English)    | PowerPoint Slides(Chinese)

5. Experiences and Challenges of EIA Litigation in Thailand

Chacrit SITDHIWEJ(Thammasat University, Thailand) |Abstract |PowerPoint Slides

6. Suing Environmental Permit: Challenges in Indonesia Administrative Litigation

Rika FAJRINI(Indonesian Center for Environmental Law, Indonesia)|Abstract |PowerPoint Slides

7. Access to Justice in EIA Matters: Recent Development in the Philippines

Rose-Liza EISMA-OSORIO(University of Cebu College of Law, Philippines) |Abstract |PowerPoint Slides

8. Environmental Democracy and the Role of the Judiciary

Ritwick DUTTA(Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, India)  |Abstract |PowerPoint Slides

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Expert Meeting on Legal Indicators for the Participation Principle in Environmental Matters: Focusing on EIA in Asia Countries

Conference Outline

Date: Monday, September 24, 2018, 9:30am-5:10pm
Venue: Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University Hall, 1st Floor, Assembly Hall
Language: English
Organisers: Osaka University, Green Access Project II “Review of Legal Indicators for the Participation Principle in Environmental Matters: Promotion of an International Cooperation towards Strengthening the Environmental Democracy”,Osaka University, Social Solution Initiative “Project to Promote Environmental Sustainability through Improvements of SDGs Indicators”

DAY 2 | Conference Materials

Session I    Public Participation Indicators on EIA: Country Reports from Participants

1. Noriko Okubo, “Public Participation in EIA and its Indicator from the Asian Perspective“, Japan

2. Haifeng Deng, “Legal Indicators for Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment“, China

The EIA Procedure(Chinese)

3. Chacrit Sitdhiwej, “3 Most Distinguished Features and Devices of Public Participation Scheme Relevant to the Thai EIA“, Thailand

The EIA Procedure

4. Rika Fajrini,  “3 Features of Public Participation in Indonesia EIA Scheme”, Indonesia

The EIA Procedure

5. Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio, “Legal Indicators for Public Participation in the Environmental Impact Statement System in the Philippines“, Philippines

The EIA Procedure

Presidential Decree No. 1586 establishing an environmental impact statement system

6. Ritwick Dutta, “Legal Indicators of Public Participation in EIA “, India

The EIA Procedure

S.O.1533(E), [14/09/2006] – Environmental Impact Assessement Notification-2006.

7. Yayoi Isono, “EIA and Public Participation in Japan“, Japan

The EIA Procedure

8. Ming Chih Lee, “Public Participation in the EIA in Taiwan“,Taiwan

The EIA Procedure

References

Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean