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ARTICLE 19GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR FREE EXPRESSION# $ !GLOSSARY.......................................................................................................... 71 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................... 81.1 Recent Political Background ................................................................... 91.2 The Media..............................................................................................122 THE ENVIRONMENT IN UKRAINE........................................................142.1 The Chornobyl Legacy..........................................................................182.2 Kyiv .......................................................................................................222.3 Donetsk..................................................................................................232.4 Lviv........................................................................................................243 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ............................................................293.1 Right to Access to Environmental Information.....................................293.1.1 Rio Declaration and Aarhus Convention........................................293.2 Access to Information as a Human Right..............................................323.3 Principles of Effective Access...............................................................344 UKRAINE’S LAWS ....................................................................................374.1 Constitutional Guarantees .....................................................................374.2 Right to Information..............................................................................374.3 Environmental Legislation ....................................................................384.4 Obtaining Information on Request........................................................404.5 Proactive Dissemination of Environmental Information ......................43For Internal Use Only. Is Post-Chornobyl Ukraine Ready for Access to Environmental Information?ARTICLE 19, London, 2007"