THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY JORDANIAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT: IS THERE ANY SPECIALIZED COURTS TO ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE?

Ali AL-Hammouri (Faculty of Law, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan)
Tareq Al-Billeh (Faculty of Law, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan)
Mohammad Al Makhmari (Faculty of Law, Sohar University, Sohar, Oman)
Anis Mashdurohatun (Faculty of Law, Islamic University of Sultan Agung)
Dedi Wahyudi (Islamic University of Sultan Agung)
Khalid Dadda (Faculty of Law, Islamic University of Sultan Agung)

JURNAL HUKUM
Vol 42, No 3 (2026): Vol 42 No 3 (2026)

This study analyzes the role of the judiciary in protecting the environment through the administrative courts’ authorities by cancelling the final administrative decisions which violate the environment, or what is exercised by the administrative courts oversight and controlling over authorities, the jurisdictions enjoyed by the criminal courts through fighting the environmental crimes, moving the public prosecution to initiate a public suit against the environment criminals. In this article, we will follow the analytical methodology by analyzing the texts of the Jordanian Administrative Judicial Law, and indicating that administrative disputes are not subject to the supervision of administrative courts, in addition to analyzing the provisions of the Jordanian Environmental Protection Act which referred the determination of criminal matters to the Criminal Court In the event of a claim for environmental damage, the Civil Court is competent to consider it. This paper focuses on not having a judiciary specialized in seeing through the environment cases, which consequently limits the environment justice. This study concluded that there must be environmental courts to guarantee environment legal protection and environmental human rights. This can be achieved through juridical specialized in environmental cases.