Tag: escazú
How Canada’s Federal and Provincial Governments Collaborate Against the Public Right to Access Environmental Information
by Drew Yewchuk, Allard School of Law This post is part of the Lessons from the Aarhus Convention and Escazú Agreement for Procedural Environmental Rights in Canada blog symposium. Secrecy enables government messaging control and defeats democratic accountability. The right to information is foundational to democratic participation in the conduct of public affairs. When journalists…
La contribución del Acuerdo de Escazú a la justicia ambiental en América Latina: Una exploración empírica a través de la litigación climática
This piece is part of GNHRE’s series dedicated to climate litigation in Latin America. Our second piece is by Gastón Medici-Colombo – he is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Barcelona and Associate Researcher at the Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies (CEDAT). The original English version of this post was published on the Green Diplomacy blog…
The Escazú Agreement and the Inter-American Human Rights System: a rich synergy already in action
By Gastón Medici-Colombo Introduction The Escazú Agreement (EA) paid off a long-lasting debt of environmental governance in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). While Aarhus developed Rio’s Principle 10 for the European region (and beyond), no such effort had been carried out in LAC. Consequently, the recognition and implementation of environmental access rights depended on…
Implementing the Escazú Agreement: towards GNHRE’s guiding principles
By Felix le Roux, Pablo Serra-Palao & Natalia Urzola The Escazú Agreement (the Agreement) is groundbreaking in myriad ways. It is the first regional agreement for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that explicitly advances the intersection of human rights and environmental protection. With a clear set of rules, principles, and instruments, the Agreement aims…
The Escazú Agreement: Fostering future environmental cooperation in LAC
By Pedro Cisterna Gaete Lawyer; LLM Global Environment and Climate Change Law, University of Edinburgh; Ph.D. in Law Candidate at the University of Edinburgh Introduction The entry into force of the Escazú Agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) marks a milestone in international environmental law. The recognition of rights such as access to…
