The tenth meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement (CSIC) was held in person on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Nassau, Bahamas. Registration for COP4 included this activity, which was open and participatory with the public and was live-streamed.

The purpose of the session was to present the activities carried out and the objectives achieved by the Committee since the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (COP3), as well as to report on the participatory process for gathering comments within the framework of the systemic report that will be prepared by the Rapporteurship on persons and groups in vulnerable situations.

Regarding the session's proceedings, the Chair of the Committee, Ms. Patricia Madrigal, welcomed the participants and presented the agenda. Subsequently, the Committee members shared a summary of the main activities carried out and the results achieved during the period. In particular, the process and main findings of the published reports on the consultations and dialogues held between the Committee and the States Parties of Chile (LC/CAAC-ESZ.2025/1) and Saint Lucia (LC/CAAC-ESZ.2025/2) were reviewed. Information was also provided on the next steps in preparing the report on the consultation and dialogue with Panama, held in October 2025.

Subsequently, an update on the communications received by the Committee was presented, and the public was informed that a summary of these communications and their procedural status is available in the repository section of the CAAC website. Following this, the Committee's rapporteurs shared the progress made on their respective mandates. In particular, Mr. Andrés Napoli, Vice-Chair of the Committee, highlighted the work carried out within the framework of the Rapporteurship on Persons and Groups in Situations of Vulnerability and announced the start of a participatory process to gather observations and input for the preparation of the systemic report on the matter, in accordance with the functions entrusted to the Committee by its Rules relating to the structure and functions (LC/COP-EZ.1/5).

Furthermore, the session included a period for interaction with the public, during which questions, comments, and reflections on the Committee's work and its future activities were addressed.