Citizen Submission Mechanisms in the Americas

This event will offer the opportunity to learn about citizen submissions on effective environmental law enforcement. The event will detail how to file a submission with the CEC, and compare a similar mechanism: the submissions process provided in the Free Trade Agreement Between the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States (CAFTA-DR). This event will offer a unique perspective, […]

Seminar: Presentation on the Factual Record Ex Hacienda El Hospital

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America, the Division of Postgraduate Studies of the Faculty of Law (División de Estudios de Posgrado de la Facultad de Derecho) and the Institute of Juridical Investigation (Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas), UNAM, invites you to a seminar presentation on the Factual Record Ex Hacienda El Hospital. During the seminar, a […]

Joint Workshop on Sustainable Development, the Submissions Process and Cross Boundary Energy Issues

CEC, NACLE, McGill University and Vermont Law School will hold a two-day discussion on North American Sustainable Development issues. On June 13, the North American Consortium on Legal Education (NACLE) will hold a workshop addressing the submissions process and the impact of its recent reforms.  The NACLE workshop will also focus on the growing set […]

SEMINAR Human Rights and Access to Environmental Justice: Non-Judicial Mechanisms and Means for Citizen Participation

A seminar organized by the National Human Rights Commission (Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos—CNDH) in collaboration with the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). Environmental Legislation in North America: Experiences and Best Practices for Its Implementation and Adjudication, co-published by the CEC and the UNAM Institute for Legal Research (Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas), […]

JPAC Regular Session 11-03: Perspectives on the Citizen Submissions on Enforcement Matters Process and Addressing the Cross Border Movements of Chemicals in North America

Information about hazardous wastes and potentially harmful chemicals that are crossing North America’s borders, as well as where they end up, is crucial to understanding and reducing these substances’ impacts on communities. Join JPAC in El Paso, Texas, for a chance to discuss what’s being done now and to help identify what information may be […]