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Young People from Latin America and the Caribbean Reaffirm their Commitment to Environmental Protection and the Escazú Agreement

8 December 2020 | News

Youth from more than 19 Latin American and Caribbean countries met this Tuesday, December 8 at a virtual gathering to reaffirm their commitment to environmental protection and the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement), in the run-up to the Second Meeting of the Signatory Countries to the region’s first environmental treaty, which will be held on December 9-10. The event entitled “Youth for Escazú” was organized jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carib…

Second Meeting of the Signatory Countries to the Escazú Agreement Will Take Place on December 9-10

4 December 2020 | Announcement

The States that have signed and/or ratified the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – will hold their second work meeting next December 9-10 by virtual means, due to the restrictions on movement imposed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. At the Second Meeting of the Signatory Countries to the Escazú Agreement, which is being held under the auspices of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, representatives of the 24 Latin American and Caribbean nations that…

Forum Discussed Challenges Faced by Environmental Defenders in South America

5 November 2020 | News

More than 60 human rights and environmental defenders gathered on 4 and 5 November at the Forum of Environmental Defenders in South America. The online event offered a platform to analyze environmental protection in the region and exchange experiences, good practices and recommendations to defend the environment safely. The meeting was attended by environmental defenders and representatives of civil society from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay as well as featured defenders from Colombia, Honduras and Guatemala, among others. Organized by UN Human Rights i…

The Development Model Must Be Changed to Roll Back Latin America and the Caribbean’s Environmental Tragedy: Specialists

29 October 2020 | News

“Sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean is at risk. We will only be able to attain well-being by favoring ecology and the environment. The market does not actually perceive the environment’s dilemmas, it treats them as externalities. The urgency of the situation must lead us to a systemic view,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said during the Wednesday, October 28th launch of the book The environmental tragedy of Latin America and the Caribbean. The book, presented during the regional organization’s…

Alicia Bárcena Underlines the Importance of Open Government Principles for Monitoring Resources Dedicated to the Post-Pandemic Recovery

24 September 2020 | News

"Open Government advocates for a significant increase in transparency, access to information and accountability, which, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, is crucial to ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources for response and recovery," Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said in a video message transmitted during the Virtual Leaders Summit of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), held on Thursday, September 24, 2020. The Open Government Partnership proposes creating a space so that civil society and th…

ECLAC Reaffirms its Commitment to Supporting Caribbean Countries on Their Path Towards a Sustainable Recovery with Equality

24 June 2020 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ratified its commitment to supporting Caribbean countries on their path towards a sustainable recovery with greater equality after the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, during a high-level virtual meeting held with ministers and authorities from more than 10 countries in the subregion. The 7th Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) took place this Wednesday, June 24, under the outgoing presidency of Martinique and the incoming presidency of Saint Luci…

ECLAC and OHCHR Warn about the Grave Human Rights Impact of Climate Change

9 December 2019 | News

Climate change represents a tangible threat to the full and effective exercise of human rights, and its effects are disproportionately more acute in countries and population segments that are already at a disadvantage, according to the book Climate Change and Human Rights: Contributions from and for Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish only, English version forthcoming) published jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The document was presented on Monday, December 9 in t…

Signatory Countries of the Escazú Agreement Will Hold Their First Work Meeting on October 11-12 in Costa Rica

7 October 2019 | Announcement

The States that have signed or ratified the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – will hold their first work meeting in San José, Costa Rica, on October 11-12. At the First Meeting of the Signatory Countries of the Escazú Agreement, representatives of the 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries that have already signed it to date will analyze the topics to be addressed at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties, along with strategies and partnership…

Ensuring Environmental Rights of the Most Vulnerable is Fundamental to Combating Inequality and Achieving Sustainable Development

15 July 2019 | News

The global commitment to sustainable development is the driving force behind the 2030 Agenda. In this setting, rights of access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters are the cornerstone of democratic societies and play a crucial role in combating inequality and achieving sustainable development, said government authorities, experts from international organizations and civil society today during a side-event to the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development being held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The meeting entitled “Establishi…

Countries Urge for the Prompt Ratification of the Escazú Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters

25 April 2019 | News

Authorities from various countries along with representatives of international bodies and civil society organizations called today for prompt ratification of the Escazú Agreement on access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters, during a high-level workshop held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile as part of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. The Regional Workshop on progress and challenges in relation to implementation of the Escazú Agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean…

Authorities, Experts and Members of Civil Society Underscore the Importance of Promptly Ratifying the Escazú Agreement

27 September 2018 | News

Government authorities, international experts and representatives of non-governmental organizations and other institutions related to environmental protection, sustainable development and the defense of human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, met today at the Open Society Foundation’s main office in New York to debate the importance of States’ prompt ratification of the Escazú Agreement, which seeks to promote access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters. The treaty – which was opened to the signature of countries today in the framework of the…

Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters Strengthens Democracy and Promotes Growth with Equality and Sustainability

11 July 2018 | News

The Regional Agreement on access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters (Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration of 1992) – adopted in Escazu, Costa Rica on March 4, 2018 – strengthens environmental democracy and represents a crucial step toward the construction of societies with economic growth based on sustainable development and equality, said Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Olga Algayerova, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), during an eve…

United Nations Course on International Law Begins its Second Session at ECLAC

23 April 2018 | News

For the second straight year, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host the United Nations Regional Course on International Law for Latin America and the Caribbean, an activity that will convene 25 lawyers from 21 countries in the region at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The course, which will last for four weeks, is organized by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (which is headquartered in New York), in collaboration with Chile’s Foreign Affairs Ministry and ECLAC. Its objective is to enable qualified professionals, particularly…

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are Called On to Ratify the First Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters

18 April 2018 | News

The first binding regional agreement to protect the rights of access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters (Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development), adopted on March 4 in Costa Rica, is a historic milestone for the region. For that reason, authorities and experts gathered today at ECLAC called on the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to sign and ratify it this year so that it enters into force as soon as possible. During the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sus…

United Nations Publishes Authentic Text of First Regional Environmental Agreement of Latin America and the Caribbean

9 April 2018 | News

The Treaty Section of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs published today on its web site the certified true copies of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean, adopted March 4, 2018 in Escazú, Costa Rica, during the ninth meeting of the agreement’s negotiating committee. In addition to being the first regional environmental agreement, this unprecedented legal instrument is the only treaty to come out of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and the first in the world to contain speci…

Countries of the Region Expect to Conclude Negotiations of Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters in Costa Rica

22 February 2018 | Announcement

Government delegates from the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that are negotiating a regional agreement regarding access to environmental information, participation and justice (Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development) will meet in San Jose, Costa Rica, to conclude the negotiations on this legal instrument, the first of its kind in the region. The Ninth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Principle 10 will take place from February 28 to March 4 in the Hotel Real Intercontinental of the Costa Rican capital. It will be inaugur…

Latest Round of Negotiations to Reach a Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters Will Take Place in Santiago, Chile

23 November 2017 | Announcement

Government representatives from the 24 countries in the region that are negotiating a regional agreement on access to environmental information, participation and justice (Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development) will gather at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, to continue negotiations on an unprecedented legal instrument in this area. The Eighth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Principle 10 will take place from November 27 to December 1 at the United Nations or…

Buenos Aires Will Host New Round of Negotiations for Regional Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters

27 July 2017 | Announcement

The Latin American and Caribbean countries that adhere to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region – which refers to access to environmental information, participation and justice – will meet next week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to continue negotiations toward a regional agreement on these matters. Authorities, government officials, representatives of civil society and experts from international bodies will gather from 31 July to 4 August in the Seventh Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the …

Lawyers from 18 Countries in the Region Attend United Nations Course in International Law at ECLAC

26 April 2017 | News

Lawyers and legal specialists from 18 countries in the region kicked off on Wednesday, April 26 the United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held at ECLAC’s facilities in Santiago, Chile. This four-week program is being attended by 22 scholars and prestigious professors who will address various subjects of international law. The course is organized by the Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, in collaboration with the government of Chile and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (…

Brasilia Will Host New Round of Negotiations for Regional Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters

16 March 2017 | Announcement

Delegates from the Latin American and Caribbean countries that adhere to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region – which refers to access to environmental information, participation and justice – will meet in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, from March 20 to 24 to continue negotiations toward a regional agreement on these matters. Authorities, government officials, representatives of civil society and experts from international bodies will participate in the Sixth Meeting of the Negotiating Commit…

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