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Ley sobre Acceso a la Información Ambiental (Lei No. 10.650)

16/04/2003 Rights: Information Justice Topics: Environmental education Brazil

Esta Ley establece el acceso público a los datos e informaciones ambientales de que disponen los órganos y entidades del Sistema Nacional de Medio Ambiente de Brasil (Sisnama).

Physical Planning Act (No. 6 of 2003)

24/03/2003 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Cities Environmental assessment Antigua and Barbuda

This act regulates the development  of land for planning and connected purposes and  the construction of buildings in Antigua and Barbuda.  It incorporates information and public participation provisions.

Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas

13/03/2003 Rights: Information Justice Topics: Indigenous peoples Mexico

La ley tiene por objeto regular el reconocimiento y protección de los derechos lingüísticos, individuales y colectivos de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas, así como la promoción del uso cotidiano y desarrollo de las lenguas indígenas en México.

Ley General del Ambiente (No. 25.675)

28/11/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Environmental education Argentina

La ley establece los presupuestos mínimos para el logro de una gestión sustentable y adecuada del ambiente, la preservación y protección de la diversidad biológica y la implementación del desarrollo sostenible en Argentina.

Disaster Management Act (No. 13 of 2002)

03/10/2002 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Environmental assessment Antigua and Barbuda

The acts provides for the effective organisation of the preparedness, management, mitigation of, response to and recovery from emergencies and disasters natural and man-made in Antigua and Barbuda.

Physical Planning and Development Control Act (No. 25 of 2002)

13/09/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Cities Environmental assessment Grenada

The Act provides for the control of physical development, requires the preparation of physical plans for Grenada and protects the natural and cultural heritage.

Ley sobre Gestión de Riesgos (No. 147-02)

25/07/2002 Rights: Information Participation Topics: Environmental education Dominican Republic
Esta ley establece el Sistema Nacional de Prevención, Mitigación y Respuesta ante Desastres, el Plan Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos, el Plan Nacional de Emergencia y el Sistema Integrado Nacional de Información en la República Dominicana. Se fundamenta en el principio de participación ciudadana.

Access to Information Act (No. 21 of 2002)

22/07/2002 Rights: Information Justice Jamaica

The objects of this Act are to reinforce and give further effect to certain fundamental principles underlying the system of constitutional democracy, such as governmental accountability, transparency, and public participation in national decision-making, by granting to the public a general right...

Physical Planning Act (No. 5 of 2002)

09/05/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Biodiversity Environmental assessment Mining Dominica

This Act makes provisions for the orderly and progressive development of land in urban and rural areas and to preserve and improve the amenities thereof and for the grant of permission to develop land and for other powers of control over the use of land in Dominica.

Constitution of Barbados

17/02/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice Barbados

The Constitution of Barbados ensures access to information and participation within the framework of the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association. It also provides constitutional guarantees in case the aforementioned rights are infringed.