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)
- Acuña, Guillermo Eduardo (Chile)
- Blengio Valdés, Mariana (Uruguay)
- Born, Rubens Harry (Brazil)
- Carrillo Fuentes, Juan Carlos (México)
- Joseph-Olivetti, Rita Leonette (Grenada)
- Madrigal Cordero, Patricia (Costa Rica)
- Mitchell, Gavern Sherva (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Napoli, Andrés María (Argentina)
- Stephens, Carole Denise Angela (Jamaica)
- 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 |
Chile |
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Chile |
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Colombia |
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Colombia |
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Argentina |
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Uruguay |
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Brazil |
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Argentina |
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Mexico |
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Peru |
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Colombia |
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Colombia |
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Peru |
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Uruguay |
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Colombia |
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Argentina |
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Mexico |
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Argentina |
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Venezuela |
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Venezuela |
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Mexico |
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Chile |
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Peru |
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México |
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Grenada |
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Argentina |
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Argentina |
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Mexico |
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Argentina |
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Costa Rica |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
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Argentina |
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Colombia |
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Argentina |
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Uruguay |
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Peru |
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Colombia |
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Argentina |
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Guatemala |
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Mexico |
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Mexico |
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Mexico |
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Mexico |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
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Jamaica |
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Colombia |
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Panama |
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Colombia |
2) Rejected nominations
Name |
Main nationality |
Brazil |