“The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean” – known as the “Escazú Agreement” – creates new minimum standards for human and environmental rights in the region. For the first time ever in an international agreement, member states came to terms on special protection measures for environmental activists. The Agreement can provide the impetus to realign cooperation and trade arrangements between Latin America and its partners in an exemplary manner and can also give new impetus to the current debate on supply chain laws.