Lessons from ASEAN and inspiration from Escazu

ID: 1521

Presenting Author: Matthew Baird

Session: 638 - Five years of the Escazú Agreement – Delivering on its promise?

Status: pending


Summary Statement

This presentation will examine environmental rights in ASEAN and the influence of the Escazú Agreement in ASEAN.


Abstract

This presentation will examine the influences of both the Escazu Agreement and the Aarhus Convention on the development of the ASEAN Declaration on the right to a clean, safe, healthy and sustainable environment. The ASEAN environmental rights declaration was an important step to securing environmental rights in ASEAN. But it had a complicated and difficult emergance.


Author Bio

Dr Matthew Baird FEIANZ is the President of the Asian Research Institute for Environmental Law and the Executive Director of the Centre for ESG Law and Policy.


Coauthor 1: Roger Joseph Guzman

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