過度干涉北美自由貿易協議的監督機制 加拿大、美國、墨西哥遭控
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文頭: 摘譯自2008年4月24日 ENS 加拿大，多倫多報導；楊佳珊編譯；蔡麗伶審校
內文:
由學術、環保、保育團體組成的一個國際聯盟於24日聯合向美國、墨西哥及加拿大政府呼
籲，停止干涉由該三國組成的「環境合作委員會」（Commission for Environmental
Cooperation，CEC）的運作，尤其是在民眾投訴程序方面。
針對民眾投訴而言，共有20個團體及部分人士在致函給高階環境官員的信中說道，隨著政
府的干涉日益強大，民眾投訴的管道在未來可說是岌岌可危。此外，加拿大最大的環境法
律組織－環境正義( Ecojustice)律師事務所的律師科爾（Albert Koehl）表示，「環境
合作委員會扮演著環境守門人的角色，而對於政府過度干預其運作的行為，我們深表關切
。」
「環境合作委員會」（Commission for Environmental Cooperation，CEC）是在1994年
，由北美自由貿易協議（North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA）簽署而成立，
其秘書處設立於蒙特婁，主要是調查NAFTA各會員國，不會因為鬆散又未強力執行的環境
政策，而投機性地推動有違於全美利益的營運模式；此外該委員會是第一個將環境保育與
商業利益結合的組織。
委員會簽署的條約中包括，當一國未能徹底落實該國的環境法律時，民眾有權要求對其進
行調查；因此另一方面，當政府未能有效率的實施環境法律時，民眾申訴的機制就適時扮
演了舉發者的角色。
日前公眾向「環境合作委員會」提出一份訴求，內容指出NAFTA會員國的缺失，而一旦經
過檢視後，委員會便可能針對訴求的內容進行調查並發表調查結果。
然而申訴團體指出，儘管三個國家看似冷靜又互助合作，但事實上卻一直阻撓調查的進行
並限制調查範圍。
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.
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