LAC P10 - Environmental Information
By Carole Excell (Posted: March 4, 2016)
A very successful webinar was held by The Access Initiative to discuss articles 4-7 of the preliminary document on the Regional Principle 10 agreement today. Presenters Andrea Cerami from CEMDA in Mexico and Danielle Andrade from Goffe Law, Jamaica provided information on the upcoming Negotiations in Uruguay from April 4-8. They described the provisions likely to be negotiated and contributions and positions of Government on a number of issues including .
Restrictions on the application of the agreement beyond national law
Extend of or Scope of the Agreement
Application to Vulnerable groups
Time limits for provision of access to information
Provisions on enforcement of access to information rules and requirements.