Research On Procuratorial Organs’ Participation In Civil Environmental Public Interest Litigation

As the two-year trial of public interest litigation comes to an end,the Civil Procedure Law and the Administrative Procedure Law and relevant judicial interpretations are introduced,the participation of procuratorial organs and the practices of public interest litigation have formally moved to the stage from the background.The exploration of environmental civil public interest litigation is the call of judicial relief to the ecological damage caused by the rapid economic and social development in the past 40 years of China’s reform and opening up.As the legal supervision organ,procuratorial organs represent the interest of the country,and should undertake the historical responsibility of safeguarding public interests.It is necessary and feasible to safeguard the ecological environment and participate in environmental public interest litigation.At the same time,although procuratorial organs has accumulated a lot of experience during the pilot period,it is still facing the plight of insufficient supply of relevant legal rules due to the late start of public interest litigation in China and the lack of experience for reference.This paper briefly analyzes the background and current situation of procuratorial organs in participating in environmental civil public interest litigation and focuses on discussing the existing problems in main body and Burden of proof in the current environmental civil public interest litigation.It also provides the corresponding views and suggestions.