The 4th Hernan Santa Cruz Dialogue took place on 8 December 2021 at 9.00-11.45 GMT-6/Costa Rica (16.00 Geneva Time). Also known as the Hernan Santa Cruz Regional Dialogue for Latin America and the Caribbean, the event focused on environmental rights and their interlinkages with development, sustainability, and peace in the time of COVID-19 Latin America and the Caribbean. The Dialogue supported the promotion of the Declaration on the Right to Development which provides the vision of a people-centred development anchored in international cooperation and solidarity, which is key to building more resilient and inclusive societies.

The event was organized by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), jointly with the University for Peace (UPEACE) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. 

The speakers in the event were:

• Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Francisco Rojas Aravena, Rector of UPEACE
• Judge Patricio Pazmiño, Vice-President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 
• Todd Howland, Chief of Branch, Development, Economic, and Social Rights, OHCHR
• Damaris Vargas Vasquez, Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice, Costa Rica
• Jordan Rodas, Human Rights Ombudsman, Guatemala / President of the Ibero-American Federation of Ombudspersons
• Joenia Wapichana, Federal Representative, Brazil
• Gladys Martinez, Executive Director, Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) 
• Mihir Kanade, Professor of international law, human rights and development at the UPEACE
• Roxie Hutchinson, Permanent Secretart, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Granada
• Soledad García Muñoz, Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) 
• Curllan Bhola, Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) 
• Anida Yupari Aguado, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• Maximiliano Santa Cruz