Advancing Environmental Rights in Asia and the Pacific by ESCAP, OHCHR, UNEP Advancing Environmental Rights in Asia and the Pacific, by ESCAP, OHCHR, UNEP - Advancing Environmental Rights in Asia and the Pacific by ESCAP, OHCHR, UNEP Building on partnerships and processes established through previous SIDA-funded projects “The value of empowerment and participation on implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development”, and “Strengthening capacity of regional actors to promote human rights,  accountability, democratic space and gender in the Asia-Pacific Region”, the objective of this 
project is to provide the foundation for a framework on environmental rights in Asia and the Pacific, comparable to the “Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in 
Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters” (Aarhus Convention) in 
Europe, and the “Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice  in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean” (Escazú Agreement). Building on partnerships and processes established through previous SIDA-funded projects “The value of empowerment and participation on implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable  Development”, and “Strengthening capacity of regional actors to promote human rights,  accountability, democratic space and gender in the Asia-Pacific Region”, the objective of this 
project is to provide the foundation for a framework on environmental rights in Asia and the Pacific, comparable to the “Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in 
Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters” (Aarhus Convention) in 
Europe, and the “Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice  in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean” (Escazú Agreement). Goal: To advance the development and implementation of subregional legal frameworks on environmental rights as a foundation to enshrine the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment for all citizens at national level in South-East Asia and the Pacific

Outcome: Target stakeholders develop a legal instrument on environmental rights

Expected results:

1. Increased capacity of target stakeholders to develop legal instruments on environmental rights

2. Increased capacity of target stakeholders to support the development and implementation of the legal instruments on environmental rights

3. Increased knowledge sharing and learning among target stakeholders on environmental rights