Support Request Status
Completed
Topics relating to the request
Environmental Governance and Rights
Category of the request
Development of adequate and effective environmental legislation and legal frameworks to address environmental issues.
Strengthen the effective implementation of environmental law.
Enhanced capacity-building for increased effectiveness of environmental law.
In January 2023, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago submitted a technical legal assistance request under the Montevideo Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law, for the review of the Environmental Management Act, Chapter 35:05 (“EM Act”) of the Laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Specifically, the request was to assess and identify areas for amendment, in an effort to better align the EM Act with issues of global environmental concern.