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Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement

The Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance is a subsidiary body of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement to promote the implementation of the Agreement and support Parties in that regard. It is of a consultative and transparent nature, non-adversarial, non-judicial and non-punitive.  

The rules relating to the structure and functions of the Committee were adopted at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 

Composition:

The Committee is composed of seven members, serving in their personal capacity, elected by the Conference of the Parties.

The first members of the Committee shall be elected at the 2023 Conference of the Parties in Argentina. 

 

MEMBER SELECTION PROCESS - 2023

ROSTER OF CANDIDATES (23 February 2023)

According to article II.5 of the Rules relating to the structure and functions of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance, the Presiding Officers prepared the following roster of ten candidates to the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance.

This list is composed of five men and five women of ten nationalities from Annex 1 countries of the Agreement. There are three representatives from Central America and Mexico, three from the Caribbean and four from South America. They currently correspond to five States Parties and five non-Parties.

From the roster of candidates, the Conference of the Parties shall elect the seven members of the Committee.

 

ROSTER OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED TO THE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE

(Numbered in alphabetical order of surnames)

  1. Acuña, Guillermo Eduardo (Chile)
  2. Blengio Valdés, Mariana (Uruguay)
  3. Born, Rubens Harry (Brazil)
  4. Carrillo Fuentes, Juan Carlos (México)
  5. Joseph-Olivetti, Rita Leonette (Grenada)
  6. Madrigal Cordero, Patricia (Costa Rica)
  7. Mitchell, Gavern Sherva (Trinidad and Tobago)
  8. Napoli, Andrés María (Argentina)
  9. Stephens, Carole Denise Angela (Jamaica)
  10. Wing Solís, Félix (Panamá)

 

NOMINATIONS

The deadline to present nominations for members of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement concluded on 15 December 2022 at 11:59 pm Santiago, Chile time. A total of 49 applications from 15 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean were received. Of these, 48 were accepted and one was not accepted for being received after the deadline.

The requirements and election process for members are established in the Rules relating to the structure and functions of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance

1) Accepted nominations

Name

Main nationality

Acuña, Guillermo Eduardo

Chile

Astudillo Delgado, Bárbara Casandra

Chile

Bayona Cifuentes, Marcela Eliana

Colombia

Becaría Morales, Juan Manuel

Colombia

Berros, María Valeria

Argentina

Blengio Valdés, Mariana

Uruguay

Born, Rubens Harry

Brazil

Bregagnolo, Raúl Orlando

Argentina

Carrillo Fuentes, Juan Carlos

Mexico

Castro Sánchez-Moreno, Mariano

Peru

Chacón Monsalve, Carlos Augusto

Colombia

Chacón Quintero, Luis Elmer

Colombia

Díaz Garavito, Rosario

Peru

Fernández Barrios, Pablo

Uruguay

Flórez Cerchiaro, Alex Javier

Colombia

Giménez, Nora Beatriz

Argentina

Gómez Gómez, Pedro Pablo

Mexico

Gómez, Marcelo Gabriel

Argentina

González Ynfante, Freddy Antonio

Venezuela

Guarnizo de Arreaza, Gladys Ibon

Venezuela

Gutiérrez Nájera, Raquel

Mexico

Herrera Vallejos, Paulo

Chile

Ipenza Peralta, César Augusto

Peru

Ituarte Lima, Claudia Beatriz

México

Joseph-Olivetti, Rita Leonette

Grenada

Katz, Mariana Andrea

Argentina

Lavarello, Julieta Beatriz

Argentina

Limón Aguirre, Mauricio

Mexico

Lubertino, María José

Argentina

Madrigal Cordero, Patricia

Costa Rica

Mitchell, Gavern Sherva

Trinidad and Tobago

Moray, Claudia Ramona

Argentina

Muñoz Avila, Lina Marcela

Colombia

Napoli, Andrés María

Argentina

Neme Cabrera, Carolina

Uruguay

Pajares Garay, Erick Samuel

Peru

Pardo Fajardo, María del Pilar

Colombia

Plá, Juan Manuel

Argentina

Rodas Andrade, Augusto Jordán

Guatemala

Rojas Ortiz, Oscar Jesse

Mexico

Ruiz Cruz, Francisco Javier

Mexico

Samaniego Leyva, José Luis

Mexico

Santiago Reyes, Maurilio

Mexico

Spencer, Ruth Viola

Antigua and Barbuda

Stephens, Carole Denise Angela

Jamaica

Villamizar Vivas, Julian

Colombia

Wing Solís, Félix

Panama

Yagari González, Nury

Colombia

 

2) Rejected nominations

 

Name

Main nationality

Schmitz dos Santos, Sandro

Brazil