The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (the Escazú Agreement) is the first regional agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean with a focus on both environmental and human rights and became the first agreement in the world to prescribe legal protection for environmental and human rights defenders.
Marking the historic first Conference of the Parties of the Escazú Agreement (COP 1), the official side-event on "Synergies between the Escazú Agreement, Human Rights Law and the Convention on Biological Diversity" brought together more than 240 registered participants from 68 countries, including human rights practitioners, environmental and human rights defenders, government decision-makers and experts. It was held on April 21, 2022, as an online meeting and at the ECLAC Headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
The side-event was convened by the joint Swedish Environmental Protection Agency - UNDP Environmental Governance Programme (EGP) in partnership with UNDP in Latin America and the Caribbean; the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights; the UN Environment Programme; the Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; Stockholm University; the Network of National Human Rights Institutions of the American Continent ; and the Global Network of Human Rights and Environment.
The event was informed by a Dialogue Series on "The Escazú Agreement, Human Rights, and Healthy Ecosystems", which took place in October 2021 with more than 490 registered participants. The side-event and the Dialogue Series offered a platform for dialogue and exchange for Latin American and Caribbean countries and other countries, focusing on priority needs, leverage points and innovations, and how to catalyse action by various groups towards the implementation of the Escazú Agreement in synergy with the CBD.
After the opening remarks, the proceedings report from the Dialogue Series was launched and presented. This report is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Following that, a panel addressed key questions that deepened the dialogue initiated in 2021 and reflected on advances made at the Escazú Agreement COP 1 and was followed by concluding remarks by UN Human Rights.
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