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The Escazú Agreement was adopted on 4 March 2018 after two years of preparatory meetings and four years of negotiations, which involved significant public participation. This is the only binding agreement from Rio+20 and the first environmental agreement adopted by the Latin America and Caribbean region. As the international community reflects on the possible options for enhancing the effectiveness of international environmental law in the framework of the negotiations for a possible Global Pact for the Environment, the Escazú Agreement deserves attention, both for its content and also for the process that led to its inception.