Environmental Justice in Ukraine and the World

2024;
: 161-167

Цитування за ДСТУ: Марич Х., Карпюк А. (2024) Довкіллєве правосуддя в Україні та світі. Вісник Національного університету «Львівська політехніка». Серія: "Юридичні науки". Том. 11, № 3 (43), С. 161-167. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23939/law2024.43.161

Citation APA: Marych H., Karpiuk A. (2024) Environmental Justice in Ukraine and the world. Bulletin of Lviv Polytechnic National University. Series: “Legal Sciences”. Vol. 11, № 3 (43), С. 161-167. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23939/law2024.43.161

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Lviv Polytechnic National University, Educatinoal and Rasearch Institute of Law, Psychology and Innovative Education
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Lviv Polytechnic National University, Educatinoal and Rasearch Institute of Law, Psychology and Innovative Education

The article is devoted to the study of domestic and foreign trends in environmental justice.
To solve the set goal, the following research methods were used, in particular: the method of
scientific observation is to form the topic and purpose of the research; comparative legal method in the
study of foreign experience of environmental justice; logical method – for theoretical generalization and
formulation of research conclusions.
The main models of environmental justice that exist in the world include such as consideration of
environmental cases by courts of general jurisdiction, consideration of environmental cases by judges
specializing in environmental issues or specialized environmental divisions of courts, consideration of
environmental cases by specialized environmental courts.
Environmental courts, as specialized judicial authorities, deal with the resolution of environmental
conflicts and the protection of the environment and function in particular in countries that are members
of the European Union, such as Sweden and Austria.
In Ukraine, environmental justice is carried out in the form of civil, economic, administrative and
criminal proceedings. At the same time, civil, economic, administrative and criminal cases in the
environmental sphere differ among themselves in terms of the type of offense, the subject of the dispute,
the composition of subjects, etc.
Judicial practice in the environmental sphere covers a wide range of environmental relations, in
particular on atmospheric air protection, land protection and use of land resources, subsoil protection
and use of minerals, protection of forests and use of forest resources, protection and use of territories and
objects of the nature reserve fund, access to environmental information, waste management, etc.
Environmental justice in Ukraine may be limited to the functioning of certain specialized
environmental units in courts, or involve the formation of a system of specialized environmental courts
throughout the country, including a higher specialized court.
At the same time, the implementation of environmental justice will be more or less time-consuming
and costly (depending on the model chosen for implementation).

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