Depositary
STATUS AS AT : 14-10-2019 05:01:11 EDT
CHAPTER XXVII
ENVIRONMENT
18. Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Escazú, 4 March 2018
Not yet in force
:
in accordance with article 22(1), the present Agreement shall enter into force on the ninetieth day after the date of deposit of the eleventh instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession.
Status :
Signatories : 21. Parties : 6
Text : Certified true copy
C.N.195.2018.TREATIES-XXVII.18 of 9 April 2018 (Opening for signature) and C.N.196.2018.TREATIES-XXVII.18 of 9 April 2018 (Issuance of Certified True Copies).
Note :
The Agreement was adopted on 4 March 2018 at the ninth meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean held in Escazú, Costa Rica, from 28 February to 4 March 2018. It shall be open for signature at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 27 September 2018 to 26 September 2020 by any of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean included in annex 1 of the Agreement.
Participant
 Signature
 Ratification, Acceptance(A), Approval(AA), Accession(a)
Antigua and Barbuda
 27 Sep 2018
 
Argentina
 27 Sep 2018
 
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  2 Nov 2018
26 Sep 2019
Brazil
 27 Sep 2018
 
Costa Rica
 27 Sep 2018
 
Dominican Republic
 27 Sep 2018
 
Ecuador
 27 Sep 2018
 
Grenada
 26 Sep 2019
 
Guatemala
 27 Sep 2018
 
Guyana
 27 Sep 2018
18 Apr 2019
Haiti
 27 Sep 2018
 
Jamaica
 26 Sep 2019
26 Sep 2019
Mexico
 27 Sep 2018
 
Nicaragua
 27 Sep 2019
 
Panama
 27 Sep 2018
 
Paraguay
 28 Sep 2018
 
Peru
 27 Sep 2018
 
St. Kitts and Nevis
 26 Sep 2019
26 Sep 2019
St. Lucia
 27 Sep 2018
 
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
 12 Jul 2019
26 Sep 2019
Uruguay
 27 Sep 2018
26 Sep 2019
Jamaica

26 September 2019


Declaration made upon ratification:
       “The Government of Jamaica’s ratification of this Agreement shall not be regarded as acceptance of either (a) the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice or (b) arbitration in accordance with the procedures that the Conference of Parties may establish, as compulsory in relation to any Party accepting any of those obligations. The Government of Jamaica shall, however, seek to resolve all disputes, within the scope of this Agreement, only in accordance with Article 19 (1) of this Agreement.”
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