The Key To Environmental Protection Law Is Strict Enforcement Of Law And Strict Administration Of Justice.

For the first time, many of them focus on the forum of the Boao forum for Asia: "BRIC" dialogue "heavy punishment" pollution control: the power of justice.

This is the first thematic forum on rule of law since the establishment of the Boao forum for Asia since 15th anniversary. It is the first time that 5 judges of the BRICs have appeared in Boao, and even for the first time in the world, it is the first time for the judges to speak in 5 countries.

A day ago, the BRICs forum of judges was held in Sanya. The Sanya statement was published on the forum, and consensus was reached on pursuing fairness and justice, environmental judicial protection and strengthening judicial cooperation and exchanges.

Environmental judicial protection has become one of the most important consensus reached by the judges of the 5 BRICs.

The Sanya statement stressed that the Supreme Court of BRICs stressed the importance of making full use of judicial means to protect the ecological environment and natural resources, and urged the judicial circles of all countries to strengthen pragmatic cooperation, promote the improvement of relevant rule of law system, and strive to achieve the harmony and unification of economic growth, social development and environmental protection under the framework of sustainable development.

After the sub forum of the Boao forum for Asia, the format of the meeting changed completely.

The 5 judges should not only accept the questions of the forum moderator Bai Yansong, but also accept the "difficulties" of the guests and the media under the theme of environmental judicial protection.

According to Zhou Qiang, President of the Supreme People's court, under the background of comprehensively promoting the rule of law, protecting the ecological environment and controlling environmental pollution is indispensable to the rule of law.

Over the past few years, the construction of the rule of law has shown a series of important trends in strengthening the protection of ecological environment and in the control of environmental pollution.

Zhou Qiang said that the revised

It is called the most stringent environmental law in history.

A very strong breakthrough is to encourage public participation in environmental protection, and encourage non-governmental environmental groups to raise public interest litigation for the public interest in polluting the environment and destroying resources.

"However, according to media reports, there are only 3 public interest litigation in the first month of the implementation of the new environmental protection law. Many environmental organizations have indicated that they lack many funds, capabilities and talents, and some are powerless.

How many cases of environmental litigation have you been up to now, and what suggestions do you have for the environmental public interest organizations in terms of organization, ability and talents? "A female journalist's question was directed at Zhou Qiang's public interest litigation raised at the early stage of the sub forum.

Zhou Qiang responded that environmental groups have encountered some difficulties in terms of capital and talent. This is also an important reason for the relatively few cases of environmental civil public interest litigation.

"I think many enterprises today can support environmental groups to do this public service activity."

Zhou Qiang said that another aspect is very important. Many environmental organizations and many enterprises, including the public, do not know much about environmental civil public interest litigation.

He pointed out: "this is a very good system that can mobilize public participation in the protection of the ecological environment and declare war on pollution.

Through the joint efforts of the whole society, give full play to

The role of civil public interest litigation system.

Qin Yue Fei, a graduate of Yale University and a village official in Hunan, asked Zhou Qiang: "what role can the grassroots people's courts play in combating the destruction of the rural environment?"

Responding to Qin Yue Fei, the environmental protection task in the countryside is more arduous than that in the cities. The judicial organs in China can play a functional role. The grass-roots courts can hear cases of environmental pollution at the grass-roots level; the 382 national environmental courts, or the collegial panel on environmental cases, can raise jurisdiction and designate jurisdiction over cases with greater pollution in rural areas, so as to get rid of the impact of local protection.

The most lethal problem remains to ask Zhou Qiang: is there any local government intervention in the implementation of the law? Will it be more severe to punish these illegal actions in the future, and will it be more severe in enforcement?

Zhou Qiang responded that the state has already formulated the most stringent environmental protection law, and that the environmental protection law really wants to become a "long tooth" and is a "long steel tooth" environmental protection law. The key is strict law enforcement and strict judicial administration.

From the point of view of practice, there are indeed some places that are not strict enough in the judicial process for the development of GDP at present. We must resolutely eliminate them and resolutely overcome them.

Bai Yansong kept on saying that now there is a clear rule that local leaders or relevant officials greet the judiciary must be recorded, and it is difficult to re-use administrative interference in justice.

"Publicity is the most effective oversight."

Zhou Qiang emphasized that the court's judgment should be open to the Internet. If the court's jurisdiction is not strict, it will be subject to the supervision of the whole society.