REGIONAL AGREEMENT ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND JUSTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS IN LATIN AMERICARegional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters • April 6th, 2022
Adopted in Escazú (Costa Rica) on 4 March 2018Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters • May 6th, 2019
June 1992 Río de Janeiro – UN Conference on Environment and Development (Principle 10 of the Declaration) 2012 Declaration on the Application of Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean (in the margins of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development – Rio+20) 2012-2014 Preparatory Stage: 4 Meetings of the focal points of the Declaration, 14 meetings of the contact group stablished (adoption of foundational documents: Guadalajara Plan of Action, Lima Vision for the regional instrument, Contents of San Jose, Santiago Decision) 2015-2018 Negotiation of the Escazu Agreement (9 meetings of the Negotiating Commitee, 6 intersesional meetings) 4 March2018 Adoption of the Regional Agreement in Escazu, Costa Rica 27September 2018 Opening for signature ceremony of the Escazu Agreement (in the margins of the 73 General Assembly of the United Nations)
establishingRegional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters • July 15th, 2019
Adopted in Escazú, Costa Rica, on 4 March 2018, the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean has as its objective to guarantee the full and effective implementation of access rights. This is the first regional legally binding environmental agreement that seeks directly to combat inequality and discrimination by devoting specific and particular attention to persons and groups in vulnerable situations including mechanisms for the protection of environmental defenders. 16 countries from the region have already signed the agreement and one has ratified. This session will explore how the ratification and implementation of the Escazú agreement holds a promise to allow fulfillment of SDG 10, 13 and 16, combating inequality and building sustainable, peaceful and inclusive and resilient societies.
Escazú, 4 March 2018Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters • November 11th, 2023
.ENTRY INTO FORCE: 22 April 2021, in accordance with article 22(1) , the present Agreement shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the eleventh instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
ContractRegional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters • April 23rd, 2021
Environmental Update Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and theCaribbean Mexico City, April 23, 2021
The Escazú Agreement: An Environmental Milestone for Latin America and the CaribbeanRegional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters • September 26th, 2018
Our societies increasingly demand more and better access to adequate and reliable information, along with more and better opportunities to participate in a meaningful way in the decisions that affect them.
ContractRegional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters • October 26th, 2021
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America
The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement): towards the implementation of theRegional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters • November 2nd, 2019
On 4 March 2018, in Escazú, Costa Rica, the first regional treaty on environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean was adopted under the auspices of UN ECLAC as technical secretariat. Stemming from the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and inspired by the tenets of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the UN ECLAC “Escazú Agreement” aims to guarantee the full and effective implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean of the rights of access to environmental information, public participation in the environmental decision-making process and access to justice in environmental matters, and the creation and strengthening of capacities and cooperation, contributing to the protection of the right of every person of present and future generations to live in a healthy environment and to sustainable development. It is also the world’s first treaty to include specific provisions on environmental human rights defenders
establishing environmental rights for the most vulnerableRegional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters • June 27th, 2019
Adopted in Escazú, Costa Rica, on 4 March 2018, the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean has as its objective to guarantee the full and effective implementation of access rights. This is the first regional legally binding environmental agreement that seeks directly to combat inequality and discrimination by devoting specific and particular attention to persons and groups in vulnerable situations including mechanisms for the protection of environmental defenders. 16 countries from the region have already signed the agreement and one has ratified. This session will explore how the ratification and implementation of the Escazú agreement holds a promise to allow fulfillment of SDG 10, 13 and 16, combating inequality and building sustainable, peaceful and inclusive and resilient societies.
