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First meeting of the focal points designated by the governments of the countries that signed the declaration on the application of Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean
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The first meeting of the focal points designated by the governments of the countries that signed the declaration on the application of principle 10 was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, November 6-7, 2012.
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This meeting was to bring together the focal points designated by the signatory governments to advance the implementation of the Declaration, share experiences, regional diagnosis and international initiatives, and jointly define a roadmap for the coming years.
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- Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration 1992: International context and regional diagnostic - Joseluis Samaniego, Director of the Division for Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division of ECLAC (Spanish)
- Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration of 1992: The civil society perspective - Carole Excell and Thomas Severino
- Guidelines for the development of national legislation on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters - Alexander Juras Chief, Chief of the groups and stakeholders of the Division of Regional Cooperation Programme United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Contact: principio10.lac@cepal.org
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- Programa Preliminar
- Preliminary programme
- Informe de la reunión
- Report of the meeting
- Hoja de Ruta del proceso de creación de un instrumento sobre la aplicación del Principio 10 en América Latina y el Caribe
- Road Map for the formulation of an instrument on the application of principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean
- El principio 10 de la Declaración de Río de 1992: Contexto internacional y diagnóstico regional
- Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration of 1992: The civil society perspective
- Directrices para la elaboración de legislación nacional sobre el acceso a la información, la participación del público y el acceso a la justicia en asuntos ambientales
- The Bali Guidelines for Development of National Legislation on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental matters
