A coalition of organizations in Colombia rejects the imposition of what they are calling a virtual pseudo-hearing on the proposed return of aerial spraying with glyphosate.
"We believe that the public health emergency in the country caused by COVID-19 has been used to accelerate the return of glyphosate spraying in an arbitrary, restrictive, disproportionate, illegitimate and illegal manner."
The "virtual" environmental public hearing is not authorized by law and, on the contrary, contravenes several legal provisions on the form and conditions in which public environmental hearings should be held.
The organizations filed a tutelary action that seeks to protect the rights of access to information; effective participation in environmental decision making with environmental justice criteria; consultation and free, prior and informed consent; as well as the principles of transparency and due process.
