Adopted at 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 in Latin America and the Caribbean...
You are here
Search results
Displaying 1 - 10 of 22
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean
22/04/2021 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Certification Cities Environmental education Energy Environmental assessment GenderEnvironmental Protection and Management Act (No. 10 of 2019)
06/06/2019 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Gender Indigenous peoples Pollutant Release Register Antigua and BarbudaThis act seeks to ensure that decisions pertaining to the environment are made in an integrated manner, in collaboration with appropriate authorities, non-governmental organizations and other persons, provides for preventive and remedial measures for the control and mitigation of all forms of...
Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040
01/05/2019 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Certification Environmental education Energy Gender Mining Indigenous peoples GuyanaThe Green State Development Strategy: Vision 2040 is Guyana’s twenty-year, national development policy that reflects the guiding vision and principles of the ‘green agenda’: “An inclusive and prosperous Guyana that provides a good quality of life for all its citizens based on sound education and...
Sentencia de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación de México (Amparo de Revisión núm. 307/2016)
14/11/2018 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Environmental assessment MexicoVecinas de la Laguna del Carpintero, en el Municipio de Tampico, Tamaulipas, reclamaron en amparo la violación de su derecho a un medio ambiente sano como consecuencia del desarrollo de un proyecto de Parque Temático Ecológico, al considerar que se estaba afectando el manglar existente en la...
Sentencia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Colombia (STC 4360-2018)
05/04/2018 Rights: Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change ColombiaEn febrero de 2018 el Tribunal Superior del Distrito Judicial de Bogotá, rechazó la tutela interpuesta por diversas personas naturales en contra de la Presidencia de la República, Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, y la Unidad...
Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
05/03/2018 Rights: Justice Topics: Biodiversity Indigenous peoplesThe Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was adopted in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010.
Código Orgánico del Ambiente
12/04/2017 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Environmental education Environmental assessment Indigenous peoples EcuadorEl presente Código tiene por objeto garantizar el derecho de las personas a vivir en un ambiente sano y ecológicamente equilibrado, así como proteger los derechos de la naturaleza.
Sentencia de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia (T-622 de 2016)
10/11/2016 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Climate Change Environmental education Mining Indigenous peoples ColombiaUn centro de estudios interpone Acción de tutela en representación de comunidades étnicas que habitan la cuenca del río Atrato en contra de la Presidencia de la República y otros.
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
12/10/2014 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental education Indigenous peoplesThe Nagoya Protocol, in force since October 2014, is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Its objective is to achieve fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources.
Sentencia del Superior Tribunal de Justicia de Brasil (Recurso especial no. 1.198.727 - MG (2010/0111349-9))
14/08/2012 Rights: Justice Topics: Biodiversity BrazilEl Ministerio Público de Minas Gerais ejerce acción civil pública con el fin de obtener la responsabilidad por daños ambientales causados por la deforestación de vegetación nativa.