Intervención a favor de la constitucionalidad de la Ley 2273 de 2022

CIEL argues that the Escazú Agreement is compatible with the Colombian Constitution, specifically regarding sustainable development and the right to a healthy environment. The document asserts that the Agreement provides legal certainty for sustainable investments, protects vulnerable groups and environmental defenders, and offers essential procedural tools to address the 'triple planetary crisis' of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• The Escazú Agreement supports the Colombian constitutional model of sustainable development by balancing economic growth, social inclusion, cultural diversity, and environmental protection, thereby refuting the 'false dichotomy' between economic development and environmental care.
• The Agreement enhances legal certainty for investments by harmonizing procedures for environmental information, participation, and justice, which reduces legal ambiguities, litigation costs, and transaction risks for private economic actors.
• The Agreement establishes specific protections and access guarantees for vulnerable groups, including indigenous peoples and ethnic groups, such as providing environmental information in various national languages and ensuring free legal and technical assistance.
• The Escazú Agreement provides the procedural framework necessary to manage the 'triple planetary crisis'—comprising climate emergency, biodiversity loss, and pollution—which particularly threatens the Latin American and Caribbean region.
• The Agreement is presented as a critical tool for protecting environmental defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean, the world's most dangerous region for such individuals, by creating a safe environment through the exercise of access rights.
• The Agreement does not create new international rights but rather adapts existing international human rights commitments to the environmental sphere to better address the specific risks faced by defenders in the region.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2023). Intervención a favor de la constitucionalidad de la Ley 2273 de 2022. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Amicus-brief_CCC_advocating_constitutionality_escazu_agreement.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Intervención a favor de la constitucionalidad de la Ley 2273 de 2022. 2023. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Amicus-brief_CCC_advocating_constitutionality_escazu_agreement.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2023intervencin, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Intervención a favor de la constitucionalidad de la Ley 2273 de 2022}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2023}, month = oct, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Amicus-brief_CCC_advocating_constitutionality_escazu_agreement.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }