Enviromental Law
The formal environmental legislation in Macedonia is almost fully harmonized with the European. The real picture is quite the opposite - citizens do not know their basic rights, polluters violate the laws and, in the best case, are symbolically fined, the civil society has neither the knowledge nor the capacity to change the situation, there are no environmental lawyers, and public interest law is on a very low level.
Therefore, in 2006 we decided to start a "Justice for the Environment" program. more
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