National Center For Environmental Justice

The National Center for Environmental Justice (NCEJ) is a non-profit civil society organization licensed in Jordan by the Ministry of Social Development under the associations registry, holding national number 2012051100005. Founded in 2012, it is described as the first environmental association in Jordan concerned with protecting the environment from a legal perspective, operating under the umbrella and supervision of the Ministry of Environment. The Center brings together a group of legal professionals and experts specialized in the legal-environmental field. The Center focuses on entrenching and raising the level of environmental legal awareness, achieving the principle of environmental and climate justice, and strengthening the concept of the rule of law within the dimensions of sustainable development. It promotes the concept of environmental rights as one of the fundamental rights enshrined for humans, seeks to improve and codify legislation regulating the environment, and works to enhance environmental characteristics in harmony with national, regional, and international requirements. Its approach is described as executive and empowering, oriented toward a promising present and future for current and future generations, within the context of local and regional work. The Center's strategic objectives include creating a generation capable of defending environmental rights within sustainable development; improving legal environmental protection from legislative, judicial, and executive aspects; enhancing effective partnerships and dialogues to reach environmental and climate justice locally and regionally; raising the skills of stakeholders to defend environmental rights; framing legal responsibility for environmental violations and affirming it legislatively and judicially; and seeking to establish a specialized environmental judiciary. Services offered by the Center include environmental legal consultations; environmental legal awareness and training; environmental legal studies and research; environmental legal guidance; litigation in environmental cases before courts; environmental psychological support; preparation of periodic environmental reports; and provision of environmental and legal information and data. Among its projects are "Enhancing Home Aquaponics through Environmental Empowerment in the Face of the Corona Crisis"; "Administrative Restructuring of the Environmental Justice Sector in Jordan"; "Enhancing Environmental Governance Frameworks in Local Administration Programs for Central Region Governorates" supported by IRI; and the Environmental Empowerment through Legal Empowerment project supported by GIZ. The Center is a member of the Climate Action Network in the Arab World since 2018, and a member of the Union of Environmental Associations (the specialized union) in Jordan since 2022. In addition to its partnership with the Ministry of Environment, the Center has established partnerships with the Ministry of Youth, Middle East University, the University of Jordan, Zarqa University, the National Republican Institute (IRI), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Global Environment Facility.

The National Center for Environmental Justice was founded in 2012 as a non-profit civil society organization licensed in Jordan by the Ministry of Social Development under the associations registry, with national number 2012051100005. It is described as the first environmental association in Jordan concerned with protecting the environment from a legal perspective, operating under the umbrella and supervision of the Ministry of Environment. The Center was established to entrench and raise the level of environmental legal awareness, achieve the principle of environmental and climate justice, and strengthen the concept of the rule of law within the dimensions of sustainable development. It brings together legal professionals and experts specialized in the legal-environmental field. Over the years, the Center has undertaken various projects and partnerships. It has been a member of the Climate Action Network in the Arab World since 2018 and a member of the Union of Environmental Associations (the specialized union) in Jordan since 2022. Its projects have included "Enhancing Home Aquaponics through Environmental Empowerment in the Face of the Corona Crisis"; "Administrative Restructuring of the Environmental Justice Sector in Jordan"; "Enhancing Environmental Governance Frameworks in Local Administration Programs for Central Region Governorates" supported by IRI; and the Environmental Empowerment through Legal Empowerment project supported by GIZ. In addition to its partnership with the Ministry of Environment, the Center has established partnerships with the Ministry of Youth, Middle East University, the University of Jordan, Zarqa University, the National Republican Institute (IRI), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Global Environment Facility.

• 2022

  Became a member of the Union of Environmental Associations (the specialized union) in Jordan.

• 2018

  Became a member of the Climate Action Network in the Arab World.

• 2012

  Founded as a non-profit civil society organization licensed in Jordan by the Ministry of Social Development.

Jordan's first environmental association focused on legal protection of the environment and environmental rights.

• Environmental legal consultations

• Environmental legal awareness and training

• Environmental legal studies and research

• Environmental legal guidance

• Litigation in environmental cases before courts

• Environmental psychological support

• Preparation of periodic environmental reports

• Provision of environmental and legal information and data

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2. 2المركز الوطني للعدالة البيئية - Wikipedia (Arabic)ar.wikipedia.org