A/HRC/43/51/Add.3 Belize 123. JOL 15/07/2019 Case no: BLZ 01/2019 State reply: none to date Concerns that the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement) has not entered into force because it has not acquired the minimum number of 11 ratifications. 124. The Special Rapporteur regrets that no response was received to the letter raising concerns for the lack of entry into force of the Escazú Agreement and that Barbados has not yet signed nor ratified the said agreement. The Special Rapporteur urges Barbados to ratify the Escazú agreement and requests information regarding steps taken towards its ratification and the timeline foreseen for this. At the time of finalization of this report twenty-two out of thirty-three countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have signed the Escazú Agreement and five have ratified it. The treaty will enter into force with 11 ratifications. Bolivia 125. JOL 15/07/2019 Case no: BOL 1/2019 State reply: none to date Preocupación ante la falta de entrada en vigor del Acuerdo Regional Sobre el Acceso a la Información, Participación y Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe (Acuerdo de Escazú) por no haberse alcanzado el número mínimo de 11 ratificaciones. 126. El Relator Especial aplaude al Gobierno por la ratificación del Acuerdo de Escazú el 26 de septiembre de 2019 y solicita se responda la carta BOL 1/2019 con información acerca de las medidas que el Gobierno de su planea tomar para implementar el Acuerdo. Al momento de la finalización de este informe veintidós de los treinta y tres países de la región de América Latina y el Caribe han firmado el tratado y cinco lo han ratificado. El tratado entrará en vigor con 11 ratificaciones. Brazil 127. JAL 31/12/2019 Case no: BRA 15/2018 State reply 9/01/2019; 20/02/2019 Request for further information on the status of the investigation into the killing of Ms. Marielle Franco and her driver, Mr. Anderson Pedro Gomes, as a consequence of Ms. Franco’s legitimate exercise of her right to freedom of expression, her participation in political and public life, and her human rights work. 128. JOL 25/03/2019 09/10/2019 Case no: BRA 3/2019 State reply: 29/03/2019; Allegations received concerning decree n. 64.074/2019, which regulates law n. 15.556/2014, issued by the State Government of São Paulo on 18 January 2019, and published on 19 January 2019, which contains a number of provisions restricting the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. 129. JUA 04/04/2019 Case no: BRA 6/2019 State reply: 16/08/2019 Allegations received concerning the death threats targeted at the indigenous leader and human rights defender, Cacique Babau, and his family members in the state of Bahia. 130. JOL 07/06/2019 Case no: BRA 08/2019 State reply: 14/08/2019 Allegations received concerning the presidential Decree n. 9759/2019 of 11 April 2019, which according to its title “extinguishes and establishes guidelines, rules and limitations” for the administration of federal public collegiate bodies, through a number of provisions reversing the mechanisms necessary for the exercise of fundamental freedoms and the participation of civil society actors in public affairs. 22