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General Information
Resolution
49190
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
| Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec | Activities Overview | Description | Status | Action |
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| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | El día 15 de octubre de 2024, en el marco del Foro Sudamericano de la UICN, se llevó a cabo el evento titulado “Defensoras ambientales y de los derechos humanos: experiencias y estrategias desde los territorios, y oportunidades que ofrecen foros a distintos niveles para crear un espacio civil seguro”. Organizado por FARN, la Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA), UICN NL y UICN SUR, el evento tuvo como objetivo compartir experiencias sobre el terreno de mujeres defensoras ambientales, explorar estrategias de resistencia a nivel comunitario y analizar las oportunidades que ofrecen los foros internacionales, regionales y nacionales para generar un entorno seguro para las defensoras y sus comunidades. La actividad se estructuró como un diálogo moderado, con intervenciones de expertas, testimonios de defensoras desde los territorios y una interacción abierta con el público para identificar acciones concretas que fortalezcan la protección de los derechos humanos y ambientales con enfoque de género. https://www.instagram.com/p/DA3k03pOusY/?igsh=MTlzMndoNzUyZjY%3D |
Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | El día 23 de octubre de 2024, en el marco de la COP16 del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica, se realizó el evento paralelo titulado “Empoderando a las mujeres defensoras del medio ambiente: estrategias territoriales con perspectiva de género desde América Latina relevantes para el monitoreo del Marco Mundial de Biodiversidad”, organizado por FARN, UICN ORMACC, UICN SUR, UICN NL, SPDA, Fundación Plurales, CBD Women’s Caucus, ECO Maxei AC y el Encuentro de Juventudes por Escazú (ENJUVES). El evento tuvo como objetivo resaltar el papel fundamental de las mujeres en la conservación de la biodiversidad, así como explorar estrategias con perspectiva de género para la implementación y el monitoreo del Marco Mundial de Biodiversidad. https://www.cbd.int/side-events/6062. |
Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | El día 24 de enero de 2025 FARN fue invitado a participar en el Taller “Juventudes por Escazú” organizado por ENJUVES. En este encuentro jóvenes de diversos países de la región se reunieron para reflexionar sobre sus derechos ambientales y fortalecer la acción colectiva en la región, explorando los derechos de acceso en el Acuerdo de Escazú, intercambiando experiencias y estrategias para la defensa ambiental, y mapeando resistencias y desafíos en los territorios. https://es.linkedin.com/posts/enjuves_enjuves-acuerdodeescaz%C3%BA-juventudes-activity-7290186104731844610-pQVh |
Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | El día 31 de octubre de 2024, también en el marco de la COP 16, se llevó a cabo el evento “El Acuerdo de Escazú como catalizador del Marco Mundial de Biodiversidad en América Latina”, organizado por UICN ORMACC, el Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA), FARN, la Comisión Mundial de Derecho Ambiental, la CEPAL y la Relatora Especial de Naciones Unidas sobre Defensores de Derechos Humanos y Ambiente. El evento abordó la relevancia del Acuerdo de Escazú como herramienta clave para prevenir conflictos socioambientales, reducir amenazas a la biodiversidad y ampliar los espacios de participación en la gobernanza ambiental. También se compartieron lecciones aprendidas y experiencias de diferentes organizaciones sobre el rol de los derechos de acceso y los derechos humanos ambientales para alcanzar los objetivos del Marco Mundial de Biodiversidad. https://www.cbd.int/side-events/6489 |
Completed | Full activity report | |
| Capacity building | Preparation 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 | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | Eight 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 | Full activity report | |
| Policy influencing/advocacy | Virtual 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 | Full activity report | |
| Scientific/technical activities | In 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 | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | El 22 de abril de 2024, en el marco de la COP3 de Escazú, se realizó un evento paralelo virtual titulado ““Experiencias y buenas prácticas en planes de acción de género para generar un entorno seguro y propicio para mujeres defensoras ambientales”. Los objetivos del evento fueron compartir experiencias y buenas prácticas con representantes de las Secretarías de las Convenciones de Río, Grupos de Mujeres y defensoras ambientales, sobre planes de acción de género para generar un entorno seguro y propicio para las defensoras ambientales, incluyendo su derecho de acceso a la justicia, con un enfoque intercultural e intergeneracional. Este evento fue organizado por FARN, Eco Maxei y el Comité Neerlandés de UICN. | Completed | Full activity report | |
| Education/Communication/Raising awareness | En junio de 2024 organizaciones ambientales, de derechos humanos y del sector académico lanzaron ayer el Observatorio Ambiental y Climático para la Implementación del Acuerdo de Escazú en Argentina. Este proyecto tiene como objetivo realizar un monitoreo del estado de implementación y cumplimiento del Acuerdo de Escazú en Argentina y obtener información territorial sobre distintos casos judiciales e iniciativas legislativas. Además, también se propone analizar los obstáculos en materia de acceso a la información y la participación de la sociedad en la toma de decisiones. El proyecto es llevado adelante por la Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN) junto al Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Amnistía Internacional Argentina; el Centro de Políticas Públicas para el Socialismo (CEPPAS), Fundación CAUCE: Cultura Ambiental – Causa Ecologista, Fundación para el Desarrollo de Políticas Sustentables (FUNDEPS); Sustentabilidad Sin Fronteras; el Centro de Derecho Ambiental (CEDAF); la Asociación Ciudadana por los Derechos Humanos; la Asociación Argentina de Abogados Ambientalistas (AAdAA); Consciente Colectivo; el Proyecto Meulen; el CONICET Santa Fe, el Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ); la Universidad de Salta. |
On-going | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
| IUCN Members | IUCN Commissions | IUCN Secretariat | Other non-IUCN related organisations |
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
External link(s)
Report status
Published
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales ( Argentina )
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental ( Mexico )
Reforestamos México A.C. ( Mexico )
Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental ( Peru )
IUCN Commissions
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law 2021-2025
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
ECLAC, OHCHR, European Union - Costa Rica Delegation
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Capacity-building
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
Capacity-building:
Preparation 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)
Policy influencing/advocacy:
- Eight 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)
- Virtual 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)
Scientific/technical activities:
In 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)
Actions:
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.
Preparation 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)
Policy influencing/advocacy:
- Eight 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)
- Virtual 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)
Scientific/technical activities:
In 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)
Actions:
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.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
No obstacles to implementing the Resolution were encountered during the year.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
Convene stakeholders/Networking: Establish coordination activities with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Aarhus Convention to promote knowledge sharing with the implementation mechanisms of the Escazu Agreement.
Convene stakeholders/Networking: Involving private sector actors in activities promoting implementation of the Escazu Agreement.
Convene stakeholders/Networking: Involving private sector actors in activities promoting implementation of the Escazu Agreement.
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
On-going: implementation consisting of repetitive, recurrent action (attending meetings, reporting, etc.)