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Access to Justice Observatory: Accessing Justice at EU and National Level EJNI’s Access to Justice Observatory project has the object of screening legislative developments at EU and national level for compliance with the access to justice requirements of the Aarhus Convention.
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Dean Blackwood

Dean Blackwood is a chartered town planner who retired in 2013 after thirty-four years working in the public sector. He is a director and the Chairperson of the River Faughan Anglers Ltd., a cross-community, not-for-profit and voluntary-run organisation managing the fishing rights on the River Faughan. In highlighting failing environmental governance on this designated European site, Dean’s activism has saw him raise the plight of the Faughan before national and international fora, including the High Court, European Commission and the United Nations. He is committed to giving his river a voice.

Dean Blackwood