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Universal recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment: Presentation of the UN General Assembly Resolution and its implications for public policy

29 August 2022, 12:30 - 14:30 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The event aims to present and analyse the importance of the Resolution A/RES/76/300 adopted last 28 July by the United Nations General Assembly on The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment , presented by Costa Rica, Slovenia, Maldives, Morocco, and Switzerland, with the support of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. This text recognises, for the first time worldwide, a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a Human Right. The event will address how this decision of the General Assembly can contribute to catalyse the adoption and effective …

2021 HLPF official side event: "Empowering people to protect the planet in a COVID-19 context: the contribution of SDG 16 and environmental access rights to sustainable and resilient recovery"

14 July 2021, 21:00 - 22:30 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)

This event aims to generate a space for inter-regional multi-stakeholder dialogue on experiences that empower people to protect the planet in times of COVID-19. As a linchpin of sustainable and resilient recovery efforts, the implementation of environmental access rights to information, public participation and justice at different levels will be featured.…

Day of celebrations: Entry into force of the Escazú Agreement

22 April 2021, 08:00 - 14:30 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)

Having met the conditions required under article 22, the Escazú Agreement shall enter into force on 22 April 2021, coinciding with International Mother Earth Day. ECLAC, in its capacity as secretariat of the Agreement, invites to take part in a day of celebrations in which several activities are being organized.…

#ForumLAC2030 Event: "Rights-Based Sustainable Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean – placing human rights and the 2030 Agenda at the core of the responses to build forward better"

16 March 2021, 10:00 - 11:00 | Event (Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development)

This virtual side event intends to generate a space for multi-stakeholder dialogue in order to establish the necessary conditions to place human rights, the 2030 Agenda and the Escazú Agreement at the centre of the countries' responses for post-pandemic recovery. The intention here will be to discuss how sustainable and resilient recovery should be based on human rights, environmental protection and those who defend the environment and the role played by National Human Rights Institutions.…

The Escazú Agreement: advancing the rule of law for sustainable development

28 July 2020, 10:00 - 14:00 | Event (Other events)

The virtual seminar sought raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, examine the role of the Judiciary in the implementation of environmental access rights and environmental protection and review the national and regional frameworks and judicial developments in the context of the Regional Agreement’s ratification process.…

Webinar "The significant participation of the public in the Escazú Agreement in preparation for its entry into force: proposals and inputs"

27 - 28 May 2020 | Event (Other events)

The elected representatives of the public and ECLAC invite the public to participate in the discussions to draft proposals for the significant participation of the public in the implementation of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement).…

The Escazú Agreement: towards the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (Seminar for Civil Society Representatives and interested stakeholders)

1 April 2020, 06:00 - 09:00 | Event (Other events)

**** Event postponed **** Organized by the Government of Grenada and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the seminar aims to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, review the role of civil society and other interested stakeholders in the Escazú Agreement and discuss the challenges and opportunities of the Regional Agreement to support the ratification process in Grenada.…

The Escazú Agreement: towards the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (Seminar for public officials)

31 March 2020, 06:00 - 13:00 | Event (Other events)

**** Event postponed **** Organized by the Government of Grenada and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the seminar aims to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, examine the state of the art of implementation of access rights in the region with a particular focus on the Caribbean sub-region and review the Grenadian internal framework in the context of the Regional Agreement to support the ratification process.…

UNFCCC COP25: InforMEA Stand "Collective contributions of Multilateral Environmental Agreements to climate action"

11 - 12 December 2019 | Event (Other events)

InforMEA, platform of the Secretariats of all United Nations Multilateral Environmental Agreements, will have a stand at the official exhibit zone of UNFCCC COP25 on 11 and 12 December 2019. The stand will highlight the Escazú Agreement and the online course Introductory course on SDG 16 and access rights, the Aarhus Convention and the Escazú Agreement will be launched.…

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