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U.K. -- Amicus submission to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (prohibitive costs of litigation) (2009)

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The Amicus submission concerns the following complaints heard by the Compliance Committee on 1 July 2009:

ACCC/C/2008/23 (Mr Morgan) (Complaint 23)

ACCC/C/2008/27 (Cultra Residents’ Association) (Complaint 27)

ACCC/C/2008/33 (James Thornton et al) (Complaint 33)

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Erik Anderson v. The Norwegian State, No. 5B/2001 (5 Oct. 2001) (“Svartskogen” case)

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The Norwegian Supreme Court found in favor of the Sami parties, holding that the Sami community had acquired collective ownership to a parcel of land through communal utilization since time immemorial. 

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HINGITAQ 53 vs. Denmark, Application No. 18584/04 (decision from European Court of Human Rights as to admissibility of application)

THE FACTS The applicants are 428 individuals from the Thule District in Greenland, and Hingitaq 53, a group that represents the interests of relocated Inughuit (the Thule Tribe) and their descendants in a legal action against the Danish Government.  They were represented before the Court by Mr Christian Harlang, a lawyer practising in Copenhagen.

A.  The circumstances of the case The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.

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Supreme Court of Denmark, Decision of November 28, 2003, in cases 489/1999 and 490/1999, Hingitaq 53 v. The Danish Prime Minister’s Office

(This is an excerpt taken from the Danish Supreme Court decision reproduced in the ECHR decision in Hingitaq 53 v.  Denmark)

In a judgment of 28 November 2003 the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the High Court’s judgment and held as follows:

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ARCA v Administración de la Comunidad de Castilla y León. Nullifying the decree approving the Plan for Managing Natural Resources of Fuentes Carrionas and Fuente Cobre-Montana Palentina (Palencia) Natural Space. (Provided by AJA thanks to

Decision no. 20 of the High Court of Castilla and Leon (appeals against administrative decisions) that states null and avoid Decree 13/2006, of 9 of March, amending Annex I of Decree 140/1998, of 16 of July, that approves the Plan for Managing Natural Resources of Fuentes Carrionas and Fuente Cobre-Montana Palentina (Palencia) Natural Space. Each party will cover its own costs.

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Spain/España -- Asociación Salvemos Mojácar y el Levante Almeriense v Ayuntamiento de Carboneras y Compañía privada. Establishing injunctions with nominal bonds. (Provided by AJA thanks to support from the Biodiversity Foundation)

[To obtain the decision (in Spanish only), please use the Acrobat Adobe link above.] Decision no. 131 of the High Court of Andalucia (appeals against administrative decisions) that rejects the appeal of Carboneras Municipality and of a private company against the court order of the Administrative Court no. 2 of Almeria bringing to a halt the construction of the hotel. The decision sets that each party will cover its own costs.

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Asociación Salvemos Mojácar y el Levante Almeriense v Ayuntamiento de Carboneras y Compañía privada. Confirmación de auto estableciendo medida cautelar de paralización sin establecimiento de contracautela. (Facilitada por AJÁ gracias al

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Sentencia núm. 131 del Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía (Sala de lo contencioso-administrativo) por la que se desestima la apelación del Ayto. de Carboneras y de empresa promotora, contra el auto dictado el 21 de febrero de 2006 por el Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo núm. 2 de los de Almería, en la pieza separada de medidas cautelares núm. 18/06, confirmando el mismo como conforme a derecho, sin especial pronunciamiento respecto de las costas.

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ARCA v Administración de la Comunidad de Castilla y León. Declaración de nulidad de pleno derecho del PORN de Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina. (Facilitada por AJÁ gracias al apoyo de la Fundación Biodiversidad)

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Sentencia núm. 20 del Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León (Sala de lo contencioso-administrativo) por el que se declara nulo de pleno derecho el Decreto 13/2006, de 9 de marzo, por el que se modifica el Anexo I del Decreto 140/1998, de 16 de julio, por el que se aprueba el Plan de Ordenación de los Recursos Naturales de Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina (Palencia), sin pronunciamiento especial en costas.

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