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Peru's Vice Minister of Women reports on Principle 10 at the Presiding Officers on Women

17 November 2014 | Briefing note

The Vice Minister of Women of the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations of Peru, Ana María Alejandra Mendieta, reported on the developments of the regional process on Principle 10 at the 51 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women of Latin America and the Caribbean held in Santiago between 17 and 19 November 2014.…

The Plurinational State of Bolivia joins the regional process on Principle 10

22 September 2014 | Briefing note

By means of an official statement sent to ECLAC on 22 September 2014, the Plurinational State of Bolivia made official its participation in the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

CEPAL participa en Quinta Reunión de las Partes del Convenio de Aarhus y Segunda Reunión de las Partes del Protocolo de Kiev

4 July 2014 | Briefing note

ECLAC, in its capacity of Technical Secretariat of the Declaration on Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean, together with representatives of the governments of Chile and Costa Rica and civil society organizations from the region, took part in the Fifth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention and the Second Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kiev Protocol held in Maastricht (Netherlands) between 29 June and 4 July 2014.…

First United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) adopts resolution on Principle 10 and recognizes regional process in Latin America and the Caribbean

26 June 2014 | Briefing note

In the first ever United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) held in Nairobi (Kenya) between 23 and 27 June 2014, delegates and representatives from 163 Member States of the United Nations adopted resolution UNEP/EA.1/L.13 on the “Implementation of Principle 10 in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development”.…

Presentation on Principle 10 at the 50 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 May 2014 | Briefing note

The 50 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean invited the Technical Secretariat of the Declaration to present the process on Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The presentation offered a general overview of the process and referred to the links between gender and Principle 10.…

Human Rights Council adopts resolution on human rights and the environment

24 March 2014 | Briefing note

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on human rights and the environment (A/HRC/25/L.31) in its twenty-fifth session. It its resolution, the Council notes with appreciation the reports of the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.…

Declaration of the 19th Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean highlights opportunities for cooperation offered by the Principle 10 regional process

14 March 2014 | Briefing note

The Ministers of Environment and Heads of Delegation to the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico from 12 to 14 March 2014 invited countries of the region to further develop actions on the implementation of the rights of access to information, public participation and access to environmental justice set forth in Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration.…

Signatories approved a regional vision on access rights in environmental matters

31 October 2013 | Briefing note

At the end of the third Meeting of the Focal Points designated by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Lima, Peru, on October 30- 31, 2013, the Lima Vision for a Regional Instrument on Access Rights Relating to the Environment was agreed upon.…

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