A democratic environmental law for Latin America and the Caribbean: The challenges of negotiating the regional treaty of the principle 10 of rio 92 [Um direito ambiental democrático para a América Latina e o Caribe: Os desafios da negociação do acordo regional sobre o princípio 10 do rio 92] [Un derecho ambiental democrático para Latinoamérica y el Caribe: Los retos de la negociación del acuerdo regional sobre el principio 10 de río 92]

Abstract

The objective of this article is to contribute with the analyticalcritical construction of democratic environmental law in Latin America, addressing it as a historical construction in two different stages, starting with Rio 92 (planning) and Rio+20 (concretion). The main question is to find out if this region already exceeded planning and went into a concretion stage by guaranteeing standards of Principle 10 by signing a regional agreement. To achieve this objective, a dogmatic research of a descriptive, analytical and prescriptive nature is followed, using the technique of primary documentary sources analysis and observing the negotiations of the regional agreement. This is the result of a research characterizing environmental justice and the issue of the access to it in Latin America. © 2018, Universidad del Rosario. All rights reserved.