SEEM Process in the Context of Environmental Justice
Online
September 5, 2024
12:00 – 14:00 Guatemala-CDMX
13:00 – 15:00 Panamá-Bogotá-Lima
14:00 – 16:00 Washington, DC-Montreal
Public
This webinar will provide an overview of the Submissions on Environmental Enforcement Matters processes existing under trade agreements in the Americas region: The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); the Trade Promotion Agreements between the US and Panama; US and Colombia; US and Peru; as well as the Central America-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) Free Trade Agreement.
The discussion will allow participants to understand key features of the SEM/SEEM process, now in operation for the last 30 years, and how this is connected to environmental justice.
Agenda
| 2:00-2:10 PM | Introduction and Welcome remarks | Paolo Solano, Director of Legal Affairs and SEM Unit, Commission for Environmental Cooperation |
| 2:10-2:40 PM | Introduction to the SEM/SEEM processes and challenges in the Americas region with comments from the Directors of the Secretariats for US and Panama; US and Colombia; US and Peru, and CAFTA-DR | Overview and moderation by Mario Mancilla, Technical Assistant of the Secretariat for Environmental Matters CAFTA-DR |
| 2:40-2:55 PM | Presentation: Environmental Justice: overview and challenges in the Americas region | Pierre Gilles Bélanger, Professor at University of Ottawa, and Vinícius da Silva, University of Ottawa, Justice Americas Network |
| 2:55-3:10 PM | Reflection on experience with the CAFTA-DR mechanism and/or legal clinics in the region | Submitter under the CAFTA-DR mechanism or Participant in one of the legal clinics in the CAFTA-DR region |
| 3:10-4:00 PM | Q&A and discussion session | Moderation by Bethzaida Carranza, Executive Director of Panama Secretariat for Environmental Enforcement Matters |
Contact
Paolo Solano Tovar
Director, Legal Affairs and SEM Unit
(514) 350-4321