Observatory on Principle 10 | in Latin America and the Caribbean

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The Observatory analyses legislation, policies, jurisprudence and treaties that guarantee the rights of every person to access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters, as enshrined in Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration.

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Information
countries have enacted freedom of information acts
Participation
of the countries include provisions to promote public participation in general environmental laws
Justice
countries allow any person or group to bring actions in defense of the environment
Defenders
países cuentan con instrumentos normativos específicos que protegen a las personas defensoras ambientales

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Regional agreement

Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Recomendaciones para la incorporación del enfoque de derechos humanos en la evaluación de impacto ambiental de proyectos mineros

Climate change and human rights: contributions by and for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Ensuring environmental access rights in the Caribbean

Ensuring environmental access rights in the Caribbean: Analysis of selected case law

Derechos de acceso en asuntos ambientales en el Perú

Derechos de acceso en asuntos ambientales en el Perú: Hacia el desarrollo de una actividad minera respetuosa del entorno y las comunidades

Society, Rights and the Environment

Derechos de acceso en asuntos ambientales en el Ecuador: hacia el desarrollo de una actividad minera respetuosa del entorno y las comunidades

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