The National Center for Environmental Justice (NCEJ) has launched the “Administrative Structuring of the Environmental Justice Sector in Jordan” project, in partnership with the French Embassy

The project aims to enhance and develop the structure of the environmental justice sector and enhance public participation and access to justice in environmental issues by enabling, strengthening and developing the capabilities of the groups most dealt with in the environmental justice sector with these laws, whether by judges, prosecutors and lawyers in its opening session held prior to the first workshop. With the participation of the French Embassy, ​​and a selection of lawyers who applied to participate, the most compatible with the project criteria were selected.

Dr. Mohammad Eyadat, Chairman of the National Center for Environmental Justice, expressed the importance of this project and its ability to leave an impact, and added that “the concept of environmental justice is still ineffective at the applied level for many reasons, the most important of which is the lack of awareness among workers in the justice sector of the importance and nature of environmental crimes and environmental lawsuits.” and its litigation procedures.

For her part, Ms. Emilie Desormiere, French Attaché for Judicial and Legal Cooperation in the Middle East, said, “We at the French Embassy are aware of the importance of this project and the value of cooperation with the National Center for Environmental Justice because of our belief in the concept of environmental justice, which took a long time to become a fundamental right and at the forefront of events.”

71% of the lawyers confirmed that their knowledge had increased after their participation, and with the same percentage, 71% of the participants demanded the need to include environmental law as a basic subject for obtaining a university degree in law.

To view the full report on the workshops and the analytical study of the participants, please visit the link:

Final Report on the “Procedures for Pleading Environmental Cases before the Specialized Jordanian Courts”