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...
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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 Framework Act (No. 97 of 2020)
07/05/2020 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Indigenous peoples Suriname The Environmental Framework Act contains rules for sustainable environmental management in Suriname. It aims to develop a national environmental strategy and planning for sustainable development under a coordinated approach.
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...
Minamata Convention on Mercury
16/08/2017 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment Mining Pollutant Release RegisterThe Minamata Convention, in force since August 2017, was adopted at the 2013 Plenipotentiary Conference in Kumamoto, Japan. The aim of this global treaty is to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic and other releases of mercury and mercury compounds.
Política Nacional de Educación Ambiental de Guatemala (Acuerdo Gubernativo No 189-2017)
01/08/2017 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Climate Change Environmental education Environmental assessment Gender Indigenous peoples GuatemalaLa Política busca implementar programas y procesos de educación ambiental formal, no formal e informal con enfoque multicultural y de equidad, que permita la sensibilización de la sociedad para la adopción de actitudes responsables en la conservación de los bienes y servicios ambientales.
Director of Physical Planning v Anne Hendricks Bass
15/06/2017 Rights: Information Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Saint Kitts & NevisIn an appeal against the judgement of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, High Court of Justice (Civil), Anne Hendricks Bass v.
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 Suprema de Chile (EXP. No. 55.203-2016)
16/03/2017 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Mining ChileEn el año 2011, la autoridad de evaluación ambiental de la Región de Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, calificó favorablemente el proyecto de explotación de carbón “Mina Invierno”.
Sentencia del Consejo de Estado de Colombia (Radicación No. 11001- 03- 15 – 000 – 2016 -01943-01(AC))
20/02/2017 Rights: Information Justice Topics: Environmental assessment ColombiaEn noviembre del año 2015 una persona natural solicitó a la Corporación Autónoma Regional de las cuencas de los ríos Negro y Nare (Cornare), copia del expediente correspondiente al trámite de la licencia ambiental de una empresa privada.
Anne Hendricks Bass v. Director of Physical Planning
25/01/2017 Rights: Information Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Saint Kitts & NevisIn January and February of 2016 the claimant attempted to gain access to information relating to a resort development on Nevis including the copies of a site plan, a drainage plan and an Environmental Impact Assessment.