Court acts for environment
China Daily | Updated: 2015-01-08 07:56
IN A CHANGE from past environmental regulations that allowed only State-owned organizations to raise public interest litigation, a Supreme People's Court's judicial explanation, that came into effect on Wednesday, grants the right to more non-governmental organizations. Comments:
Official data show in about 770,000 cases a year people make official complaints about environmental issues, but only 1 percent of them enter the judicial process; lack of public interest litigation is a key reason. The judicial explanation will definitely have a positive influence by breaking the bureaucratic monopoly on environmental lawsuits.
Fujian Daily, Jan 7
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