Other Letters regarding the Ratification of the Escazú Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation, and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (15 July 2019)
To: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada
Subject: Information received regarding the prioritization of ratifying the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation, and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, commonly known as the Escazú Agreement. This agreement addresses matters of environmental protection, access to justice, and the rights of various vulnerable groups.
Mandates: African Descent; Business; Development; Disability; Environment; Freedom of Opinion and Expression; Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association; Toxics and Human Rights; Health; Human Rights Defenders; Internally Displaced Persons; International Order; International Solidarity; Older Persons; Racism; Water and Sanitation; Women in Law and Practice