Persons or groups in vulnerable situations definition

Persons or groups in vulnerable situations means those persons or groups that face particular difficulties in fully exercising the access rights recognized in the present Agreement, because of circumstances or conditions identified within each Party’s national context and in accordance with its international obligations.
Persons or groups in vulnerable situations means those persons or groups that face particular difficulties in fully exercising the access rights recognized in the present Agreement, because of circumstances or conditions identified within each Party’s national context and in accordance with its international obligations. Persons or groups in vulnerable situations are those having particular difficulties in exercising their rights fully, owing either to circumstances (temporary) or conditions (inherent or permanent). Vulnerability is contingent upon each party’s national context and international obligations. 18 While human rights and environmental treaties usually refer to “everyone” and “any” or “every person” (i.e. article 2.14 of the Basel Convention), some multilateral environmental agreements also use the term “public”, as in the case of the Minamata Convention (article 18) and the Aarhus Convention of the Economic Commission for Europe (article 2.4). This definition is of particular importance for the Escazú Agreement, one of the hallmarks of which is ensuring equality and non-discrimination so as to leave no one behind. Affirmative and specific measures are provided for this group of persons throughout the Agreement. In general terms, article 4.5 calls on each party to guide and assist particularly those persons or groups in vulnerable situations. Specific references can also be found under each right: access to environmental information (see articles 5.3, 5.4, 5.17 and 6.6); public participation in environmental decision-making processes (see article 7.14) and access to justice in environmental matters (see article 8.5). Article 10.2(e) on capacity-building also broadly encourages parties to develop specific measures for this category of persons. Although it is common for international human rights law to include specific and affirmative measures for certain groups of persons —particularly those more likely to suffer human rights violations— precisely to ensure they can exercise their rights under conditions of equality and non-discrimination, there is no internationally agreed term common to all. The Agreement opted for the concept “persons or groups in vulnerable situations”, in line with common use in international human rights standards.19 Instead of including a list of groups or conditions, in order to adapt to the specific context of each party and to be as inclusive and comprehensive as possible, the treaty focused on the “particular difficulties” faced in exercising rights fully. Th...

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