المشاركة العامة في حماية البيئة من أضرار الاستخدام السلمي لتكنولوجيا الطاقة النووية

Abstract EN

The right of members of society to participate in public environmental protection is of particular importance in the nuclear field, especially in the last decades of the last century, as that period witnessed some serious nuclear environmental disasters, which negatively and significantly affected the international environment, in addition to environmental damage resulting from the disposal of waste from these activities, therefore, the right to public participation has become an important element of preventive measures against the harm of nuclear activities devoted to peaceful purposes, as it is one of the main environmental rights enshrined in many declarations and international agreements, the most important of which are the Rio declaration of 1992 on environment and development, and the Aarhus convention of 1998 related to making available opportunities for obtaining environmental information and public participation in taking decisions related to it, this right is explained in light of the information provided by the competent authorities in each country to citizens regarding the environmental impacts of nuclear activities, as well as ensuring their participation in the formulation of decisions issued by them regarding the fate of these activities.

despite the widespread international recognition of the right to public participation, its effectiveness in the nuclear field is still fraught with many obstacles, some of which are related to the subjectivity of the right, some of which relate to the available mechanisms or methods of participation and the extent of the response of states to activate it in their national legal systems.