Submit a Communication

For consideration

States Parties are those countries that the meet the following criteria (all criteria must be met):

• Countries listed in Annex 1 of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement);
• Countries that have deposited their instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Escazú Agreement with the United Nations Secretary-General; and
• Countries with respect to which 90 days have elapsed since the deposit of their instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval of accession. Please note that the Committee may not receive communications on a State Party’s compliance until one year after the entry into force of the Escazú Agreement for that State Party.

1Essential information

Either to request support in complying with the Escazú Agreement in a specific aspect, or to report non-compliance with the Agreement, any person may submit a communication on this platform, including the following cases:

• Members of the public:
  • Individual natural person
  • Natural person on behalf of someone else
  • Natural person on behalf of a minor
  • Legal person
  • Groups of people, Associations, Organizations, etc.
• State Party Focal Points, either for:
  • Request support for your country or acknowledge non-compliance with the Agreement.
  • Request support for another country or report that it is in non-compliance with the Agreement.

2 Facts and provisions of the Escazú Agreement

Communications should contain a brief description of the facts supporting the statements and provide sufficient information to enable the Committee to consider them.

For this purpose, prepare files that serve as documentary evidence to support your request, whether Documents (Word or PDF) or Images. The originator of the communication has a duty to disclose in good faith all relevant material facts and information regarding the risk, as well as any change in the circumstances giving rise to the risk.

3Information on internal steps taken and other procedures

All relevant information on the steps taken in the State Party concerned to resolve the case or justify its absence should be indicated. To this end, prepare files that serve as documentary evidence of:

• Option 1. The steps already taken in the State Party concerned to resolve the case.
• Option 2. The absence of such proceedings. In addition, information should be provided on whether the same matter is being or was examined in the framework of another regional or international binding procedure (e.g. international court, regional/subregional court, or other binding procedures). For this purpose, attach the document(s) issued during such proceedings.

4Evidence and documents that support the communication

If you have additional corroborating documents or images of your submission, you may attach them in this section. Otherwise, leave blank.