PUBLIC PARTICIPATION & ACCOUNTABILITY

Exceeds Capacity

Actions To Achieve This Level

Legal Framework

International treaties. Signing and ratifying Rio Declaration, Escazu, Aarhus, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Rights-based. Establish mechanisms to protect rights, including the right to dissent, and seek redress when rights are not respected in environmental matters, in order to challenge and change unjust power dynamics.

National Strategy. Establish mechanism to monitor and evaluate participation rates by gender, age, race/ethnicity to identify gaps and opportunities.

Continuity. Provide space for ongoing dialogue for the design, implementation and oversight of climate measures.

Disputes. Clearly specify procedures and institutional mandates for dispute resolution bodies at different administrative levels and for different types of disputes.

Safety

Strengthen laws regarding environmental crimes and crimes against environmental activists and others, including but not limited to harassment, life threats, kidnapping and killing.

Guarantee judiciary independence to ensure all abuses against civil society and environmental defenders are properly prosecuted.

Corruption control. Establish measures, such as reputational incentives or corrective measures (revindication, reimbursement, or reparations) to avoid the privilege of informal and personal ties at the expense of collective action.