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The article analyzes the transformation of administration unilateral decisions, based on the incidence of participation principle in the formation process of administrative decisions, in order to contribute to the understanding of an adaptable administrative act theory in the colombian legal system. Methodological recourse, is based on the dogmatic revision of Administrative Law, and the contributions of the special part of Administrative Law as a way for the reconstruction to general theory. thus, the study of the special administrative procedure for the granting of environmental licenses in Colombia is proposed as a 'reference sector', that allows according to the findings, the analysis of the administrative act elements and the dogmatic consequences regarding its validity, beyond the vice for irregular issuance due to affectation of its formal element. It generates the possibility of proposing the configuration of other vices related to the competency, objective or finalistic elements, when the administrative acts are issued without the standards of participation from environmental justice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Aarhus Convention, as well as envisages a minimum of internal enforcement of the public participation in environmental matters, has enabled the establishment of an innovative compliance mechanism in which the public can bring communications on the noncompliance of the Parties. In this paper, afterwards a succinct exposition of the foundation of the public participation in environmental matters and its form of address in Aarhus Convention, it is explained the domestic enforcement therein prescribed and the aforementioned accomplishment mechanism. As soon as this basis were set up, the noncompliance cases involving public participation settled by the compliance mechanism are analyzed, from which is determined its efficiency in the enforcement of the public participation in environmental matters at the international level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]