过度干涉北美自由贸易协议的监督机制 加拿大、美国、墨西哥遭控 环境政策 | 法律 | 环境正义 | 国际新闻 文头: 摘译自2008年4月24日 ENS 加拿大，多伦多报导；杨佳珊编译；蔡丽伶审校 内文: 由学术、环保、保育团体组成的一个国际联盟於24日联合向美国、墨西哥及加拿大政府呼 吁，停止干涉由该三国组成的「环境合作委员会」（Commission for Environmental Cooperation，CEC）的运作，尤其是在民众投诉程序方面。 针对民众投诉而言，共有20个团体及部分人士在致函给高阶环境官员的信中说道，随着政 府的干涉日益强大，民众投诉的管道在未来可说是岌岌可危。此外，加拿大最大的环境法 律组织－环境正义( Ecojustice)律师事务所的律师科尔（Albert Koehl）表示，「环境 合作委员会扮演着环境守门人的角色，而对於政府过度干预其运作的行为，我们深表关切 。」 「环境合作委员会」（Commission for Environmental Cooperation，CEC）是在1994年 ，由北美自由贸易协议（North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA）签署而成立， 其秘书处设立於蒙特娄，主要是调查NAFTA各会员国，不会因为松散又未强力执行的环境 政策，而投机性地推动有违於全美利益的营运模式；此外该委员会是第一个将环境保育与 商业利益结合的组织。 委员会签署的条约中包括，当一国未能彻底落实该国的环境法律时，民众有权要求对其进 行调查；因此另一方面，当政府未能有效率的实施环境法律时，民众申诉的机制就适时扮 演了举发者的角色。 日前公众向「环境合作委员会」提出一份诉求，内容指出NAFTA会员国的缺失，而一旦经 过检视後，委员会便可能针对诉求的内容进行调查并发表调查结果。 然而申诉团体指出，尽管三个国家看似冷静又互助合作，但事实上却一直阻挠调查的进行 并限制调查范围。 Heading: Canada, U.S., Mexico Accused of Interference with NAFTA Watchdog Authorship: TORONTO, Ontario, Canada, April 24, 2008 (ENS) English Content: An international coalition of academics, environmental, and conservation groups today called on the governments of the United States, Mexico, and Canada to "stop interfering" with the tri-national Commission for Environmental Cooperation, CEC, particularly its core citizen complaint procedure. The 20 groups and individuals say in their letter to the top environmental officials of the three countries that the citizen submission process "has reached a critical point with its future threatened by ongoing political interference." "We are deeply concerned by increasingly blatant government interference in the operations of this important environmental watchdog," said Albert Koehl, lawyer with Ecojustice, Canada largest environmental law organization. Based in Montreal, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation was established in 1994 in a side agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, to address fears that NAFTA would prompt businesses to leave the United States because of lax environmental enforcement elsewhere. The Commission was the first of its kind in the world in linking environmental cooperation with trade relations. The side agreement includes a provision allowing citizens to request investigations into a country's failure to enforce its own environmental laws. The Citizen Submissions on Enforcement Matters mechanism enables the public to play an active whistleblower role when a government appears to be failing to enforce its environmental laws effectively. Members of the public trigger the process by submitting to the CEC a claim alleging such a failure on the part of any of the NAFTA partners. After a review of the submission, the CEC may investigate the matter and publish a factual record of its findings. While, all appears calm and cooperative on the surface, the groups allege that the three governments are undermining the work of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation by obstructing its investigations and limiting their scope. http://e-info.org.tw/node/32243 资料来源 http://e-info.org.tw/ 这个网站刚才得知 环境版主也有在内担任义工 很不错推荐^^ 本文愿意开放自由转载 -- ◆══════════════════════════════════天══◆ ║你曾经看过流星雨吗？ ／▃▃ kyc ／ 险 ║ ║那是非常美丽的景象，虚幻的光芒，如人一生。 。　 ▂ ／ 。 刀 ║ ║神醉梦迷，我很喜欢这个名字... 。~＼▂▂ 。 ／ 藏 ║ ║下一刻，我将连自己也遗忘；但这一刻，是属於我的！／◢藏﹥01010。 ／ φby ║ ◆═══════════════════════。 ／ ||＼════。═kyc01010 --

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