2 – 2.15pm Opening and welcome
- Ms. Diane Quarless, Director, Subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, UN ECLAC
- Ms. Caroline Eugene, Permanent Secretary in the Department of Sustainable Development, GOSL
- Her Ladyship Dame Janice Pereira, Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
2.15 – 3:15pm The Escazú Agreement
- Context and synergies with the 2030 Agenda, Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other international processes (Carlos de Miguel, Head, Policies for Sustainable Development, UN ECLAC)
- Overview of content, implications and future steps (David Barrio Lamarche, Environmental Affairs Officer, UN ECLAC)
- Q & A / Discussion with Justices and Magistrates
3:15 – 4:15pm Environmental access rights in the Caribbean
- Status of the Escazú Agreement in Saint Lucia (Kate Wilson, Legal Officer, Department of Sustainable Development, GOSL)
- Environmental access rights in Latin America and the Caribbean (David Barrio Lamarche, Environmental Affairs Officer, UN ECLAC)
- Access rights from a practical perspective: analysis of common law standards and selected case law (Danielle Andrade, attorneyat-law, Jamaica and elected representative of the public)
- Q & A / Discussion with Justices and Magistrates
4:15 – 4:55pm Towards the effective implementation of environmental access rights
- Challenges, priorities and opportunities for action (UN ECLAC, GOSL)
- Q & A / Discussion with Justices and Magistrates
4:55 – 5pm
