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WCC 2020 Res 051 - Activity Report

Submitted by moncayom on Mon, 11/25/2024 - 21:41
Información general
Acuerdo regional sobre el acceso a la información, la participación pública y el acceso a la justicia en asuntos ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe
Constituyente de la UICN: 
Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
Tipo de Constituyente de la UICN: 
IUCN Secretariat
Período de actividades: 
2024
Ámbito geográfico: 
Meso y Sudamérica
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
Qué otros Miembros de la UICN están o han estado implicados en la implementación de esta Resolución?: 
Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales ( FARN ) / Argentina
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental ( CEMDA ) / Mexico
Reforestamos México A.C. ( RM ) / Mexico
Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental ( SPDA ) / Peru
Qué Comisiones de la UICN están o han estado implicados en la implementación de esta Resolución?: 
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025 (WCEL)
Si el Secretariado de la UICN está o ha estado implicado en la implementación de esta Resolución?: 
Yes
Enumere otros actores (no-Miembros de la UICN) que hayan estado implicados en la implementación de esta Resolución: 
ECLAC, OHCHR, European Union - Costa Rica Delegation.
Implementación
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
Acci�nDescripciónStatus
Capacitaci�nPreparation of an implementation agreement for the design of a monitoring tool for the rights to access to information, participation and environmental justice in Mesoamerica, as part of the implementation of the EU-funded Tejiendo Redes project. The IA will be implemented by Reforestamos Mexico.On-going
Influencia pol�tica/promoci�n de pol�ticasEight side events were organised at COP16 on Biodiversity, positioning critical issues for the promotion and protection of the rights of environmental defenders. These events were a platform for discussion on the importance of the Escazú Agreement as a driver for the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework; the integration of the human rights and environmental agendas, strengthening the promotion of environmental human rights; the visibility and empowerment of women environmental and territorial defenders, highlighting their leadership in biodiversity conservation.Completed
Influencia pol�tica/promoci�n de pol�ticasVirtual consultation on the Regional Plan of Action for Human Rights Defenders on environmental issues for Latin America and the Caribbean. At the request of the Secretariat of the Escazu Agreement of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters of Chile, Ecuador and Saint Kitts and Nevis, IUCN conducted a consultation process among its members and commissions to provide input into the drafting of the "Regional Action Plan on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean". Six virtual consultation sessions were held between 23 November and 18 December 2023, with the participation of 89 people from 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, representatives of Member organisations of the Mesoamerican, South American and Caribbean Regional Committees, as well as IUCN Commissions. The contributions were systematised in a document that was submitted to ECLAC on 12 January 2024. Completed
Actividades t�cnicas/cient�ficasIn preparation, research for the identification of good practices and emblematic cases in the field of the Escazú Agreement, based on the analysis of relevant judgments and resolutions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, high jurisdictional instances, including the Constitutional Courts or others with competence in the matter in Latin America, in the period 2013-2023. The research is conducted in coordination with the World Commission on Environmental Law.On-going
Indique cuáles han sido los resultados/logros obtenidos en el marco de las actividades realizadas: 
1. Promoting the implementation of the Escazu Agreement as a catalyst for the global biodiversity framework is a global advocacy space.
2. Providing financial and logistical support to the platforms formed by IUCN Members and Commissions to help implement the Escazu Agreement.
3. IUCN's position as a relevant actor for the environmental human rights communities in Latin America will facilitate the fundraising to support the implementation of the Escazu Agreement.
4. Partnerships for IUCN members and commissions with ECLAC and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Indique y describa brevemente las actividades que se realizarán en el futuro para la implementación de esta Resolución: 
Acción FuturaDescripción
Convocar a partes interesadas/creaci�n de redesEstablish coordination activities with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Aarhus Convention to promote knowledge sharing with the implementation mechanisms of the Escazu Agreement.
Convocar a partes interesadas/creaci�n de redesInvolving private sector actors in activities promoting implementation of the Escazu Agreement.
Información complementaria
Enlaces externos: 
Virtual consultation on the Regional Plan of Action for Human Rights Defenders on environmental issues for Latin America and the
Illustrated systematisation side event entitled ‘Escazu Agreement as a catalyst for the global biodiversity framework’, COP 16 .