Fourth Meeting of the Focal Points appointed by the Governments of the Signatory Countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Tuesday, 4 November

8.30 – 9 a.m. Registration

9 – 9.30 a.m. Opening ceremony

• Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Andrea Sanhueza, representative of the public
• Fernando Rojas, Ambassador of Peru in Chile
• Marcelo Mena, Undersecretary, Ministry of the Environment of Chile

9.30 – 10.00 a.m. Adoption of the provisional agenda

10.00 – 10.15 a.m. Statements by new signatories to the Declaration

10.15 – 11.00 a.m. Report on the activities carried out by the working groups established under the Plan of Action to 2014 for the implementation of the Declaration and by the technical secretariat

• Coordinators of the Working Group on Capacity-Building and Cooperation
• Coordinators of the Working Groups on Access Rights and the Regional Instrument
• Technical Secretariat

Questions and answers

11.00 – 11.30 a.m. Coffee break

11.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Adoption of the San José Content for the regional instrument

12.30 p.m. – 1 p.m. Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (by videoconference)

1 – 2.30 p.m. Lunch break

2.30 – 4.30 p.m. Action taken at the national level by the signatory countries of the Declaration

4.30 – 5.00 p.m. Coffee break

5 – 6.30 p.m. Current status of the international debate and future prospects (part 1): international law and the environment17.00 a 18.30 horas

Moderator: Marcos Orellana, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

• Santiago Villalpando, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (by videoconference)
• Concepción Escobar, member of the United Nations International Law Commission
• Silvia Capelli, Promoter of Justice in the South of Brazil and Coordinator of the Latin American Network of Public Prosecutors for the Enviroment

6.30 p.m. Reception hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Traditional music and dances by ECLAC’s “Ecos de Latinamérica”

Wednesday, 5 November

9 – 11 a.m. Steps ahead in the process

Presentation of the draft decision on the process for the implementation of the Declaration and facilitation by the Presiding Officers

Discussion

11 – 11.30 a.m. Coffee break

11.30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Steps ahead in the process (continued)

Facilitation by the Presiding Officers

Discussion

1.30 – 3 p.m. Lunch break

3 – 4 p.m. Current status of the international debate and future prospects (part 2): environmental justice, equity and the environment

• Jonas Ebbesson, Dean of the Faculty of Law of Stockholm University and Chair of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
• Winston Anderson, Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice

4 – 4.30 p.m. Coffee Break

4.30 – 6 p.m. Steps ahead in the process (continued)

Facilitation by the Presiding Officers

Discussion

6.15 p.m. Meeting adjourns for the day

Thursday, 6 November

9 – 10 a.m. Current status of the international debate and future prospects (part 3): human rights, the environment and intergenerational justice

• John Knox, United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and the environment (by videoconference)
• Amerigo Incalcaterra, Regional Representative for South America, Office of the High Commissionner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Danielle Andrade, Jamaica Environment Trust

Questions and answers

10 – 11.45 a.m. Adoption of agreements and election of the presiding officers

11.45 a.m. - 12.15 p.m. Coffee break

12.15 p.m. – 1 p.m. Closing ceremony

• Marcelo Mena, Undersecretary, Ministry of the Environment of Chile