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United Nations Special Rapporteurs underscore access rights in Human Rights Council interactive dialogue

17 Sep 2015 | Briefing note

In the interactive dialogue on toxic wastes and safe drinking water and sanitation of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva on 16 and 17 September 2015, the Special Rapporteurs on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes, Mr. Başkut Tuncak (Turkey), and on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Mr. Léo Heller (Brazil), highlighted the importance of the rights of access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters for their respective mandates.…

Antigua and Barbuda joins the regional process on Principle 10

7 May 2015 | Briefing note

During the first meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Santiago, Chile, on 5-7 May 2015, Antigua and Barbuda signed on to the Declaration.…

Colombia holds the "Principle 10 Forum: An intersectoral dialogue"

18 Mar 2015 | Briefing note

On 18 March, the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia organized the "Principle 10 Forum: An intersectoral dialogue" with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the event, it presented the developments of the process on the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration in Latin America and the Caribbean at the national level to the environmental sector and civil society.…

Trinidad and Tobago signs on to the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

9 Mar 2015 | Briefing note

Trinidad and Tobago became the twelfth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to adhere to the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. The announcement was made during the Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: follow-up to the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 and to Rio+20, which took place on March 7-9, 2013 in Bogota, Colombia.…

III CELAC Summit highlights the importance of the application of Principle 10

29 Jan 2015 | Briefing note

The Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), gathered in Belén, Costa Rica, on 28 and 29 January 2015, stressed the importance of access rights in the promotion of sustainable development and underscored the developments of the process on the application of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration.…

COP20 adopts ministerial declaration on access rights and climate change

12 Dec 2014 | Briefing note

The Ministers and Heads of Delegation attending the twentieth session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP20) held in Lima, Peru, from 1 to 12 December 2014 adopted the Lima Declaration on Education and Awareness-raising.…

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

17 Nov 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 Sep 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 Jul 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.…

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