To truly protect the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll, there can NOT be any weakening of environmental law.
Nearly a million people have spoken up against European Union policymakers’ attempt to do just that.

📝 JOIN US in saying #HandsOffNature, SIGN handsoffnature.eu#take-action

Taken together, #HRC63 showed how deeply environmental protection is embedded across the human rights agenda:
🌍The right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll
🛡️Environmental defenders
🌊Sea-level rise
💰Climate finance
☣️Toxics & pollution
🤖AI
📢Participation & access to information.

We also reflected on what Europe can do.
Our new op-ed makes the case for the @coe.int to recognize the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll through a binding legal instrument.

Europe should help turn global recognition into effective protection for everyone.
genevasolutions.news/opinions/fiv...

We were proud to co-organize a #HRC63 event marking the 5-year anniversary of the recognition of the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.
We celebrated progress, reflected on lessons learned, and looked ahead to the next five years of implementation.
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/a-cel...

The 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council #HRC came to a close in Geneva after a busy session: Many environment-related topics were discussed in and outside official sessions, from the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll to climate finance, sea-level rise, toxics & AI.

Here’s a look back 🧵👇

8 October 2026 marks five years since the UN Human Rights Council recognized the right to #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.

The fruit of the work by thousands of people around the world, this milestone is a reminder of the work needed to implement the right.

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👀 But there is still a major gap 👀

@coe.int remains the only regional human rights system that has not explicitly recognized the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll in a dedicated binding instrument.

@healthyenvcoe.bsky.social

📣 NEW op-ed: Today, 5 years ago, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) took a landmark step by recognizing the human right to #HealthyEnvironmentForAll: genevasolutions.news/opinions/fiv...

What added value does the UN’s legal recognition bring? & what does that mean for Europe?

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It's high time to legally protect the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll in Europe!

Speaking at a dialogue with young people on the climate crisis, @commissionerhr.coe.int called on @coe.int states to “fill the global legal gap” by beginning to draft a binding treaty on the right.

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At #HRC63, we’ll strive to advance these questions:
❓How do we turn that recognition of the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll into stronger protection, prevention & accountability?
❓How can human rights help drive action on toxics & pollution, also in the context of the #PasticsTreaty?

CIEL staff will organize & participate in several events during #HRC63, including:
📅 14 September side event on corporate accountability and toxics
📅 @srenvironment.bsky.social’s event on 5th anniversary of the recognition of the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.

At #HRC63, we’ll be looking at what implementation and accountability on the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll should look like five years on and what that could mean for advancing effective protection in Europe [the only regional human rights system that doesn’t legally protect this right, yet].

The 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council starts today in Geneva.

#HRC63 marks the 5⃣ years since the Council recognized the human right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll & the first session with a newly appointed @srtoxics.bsky.social.

A 🧵 on what to watch👇