Electronic Dialogue 2003
First part (August 11-15)

Diagnosis: Identification of difficulties related to the role of judges and prosecutors and environmental enforcement and compliance.

• What problems do judges and prosecutors face today in enforcing environmental regulations?
  
  
• What difficulties do the different sectors of society (e.g. administrative authorities, civil society, the academic sector) experience regarding the role of judges and prosecutors in environmental issues?

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Los siguientes aspectos, relacionados a la temática de análisis, sirvieron de guía para el desarrollo de esta primera semana de diálogo:

• Awareness-raising and training among judges and prosecutors to decide or impinge on environmental decisions.
  
• The involvement of civil society in environmental judicial procedures
  
• The relationship between the Judiciary and the Executive Branch as regards environmental enforcement and compliance
  
• Assessment of environmental enforcement and compliance by the Judiciary and the Public Ministry. Access to environmental justice, the efficacy of the judicial procedure and the effectiveness of environmental decisions. Indicators.
  
• Civil action and the process for environmental damage in Latin America (legal standing, measures of urgency and proof, costs, scope of the sentence).
  
• Constitutional processes and environmental protection in Latin America (legal standing, measures of urgency and proof, costs, scope of the sentence).
  
• Environmental penal action (legal standing, measures of urgency and proof, costs, scope of the sentence).
  
• The organization of Justice and environmental competences (general and specialized tribunals).