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#EnvironmentalHealth #ProtectOurPlanet #SustainableLiving #EcoFriendly #ClimateAction #HealthyEnvironment #GoGreen #GoodNeighborIowa

I think you have to now. ๐
#EnvironmentalHealth #ProtectOurPlanet #SustainableLiving #EcoFriendly #ClimateAction #HealthyEnvironment #GoGreen #GoodNeighborIowa
TODAY ๐ฑ we commemorate 5 years since the
UN Human Rights Council expressly recognised that EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE must enjoy the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. #HealthyEnvironment
๐ Statement: www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
In celebration of this milestone, the UN @srenvironment.bsky.social has launched a website dedicated to inform, promote and educate about the human right to a #HealthyEnvironment, including its progress, status, related themes, topics and contexts.
At #HRC63, celebrations took place ahead of 5th anniversary of the recognition of the right to #HealthyEnvironment by the HRC.
UN @srenvironment.bsky.social Astrid Puentes was present in events that addressed women EHRDs & conflict, cultural heritage & #SeaLevelRise.
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Underscoring the crucial role of the recognition of the right to #HealthyEnvironment, UN @srenvironment.bsky.social Astrid Puentes Riaรฑo highlights the importance of linking states' obligation to protect the environment and prevent significant harm, including conducting rights-based EIA.
As we celebrate five years of the recognition of the right to a #HealthyEnvironment, we continue our shared efforts to make the right to clean, healthy and sustainable environment a reality, for the benefit of people's lives today and for generations to come.
"Look at how far that work has come."
Highlighting both the achievements made since the creation of the mandate of the Independent Expert up until the recognition of the the right to #HealthyEnvironment, the remarks from @unep.org highlights the work that continues: implementation.
The next five years must be devoted to implementation, Abdessalam El Ouazzani highlights. As #Morocco takes the pen for the next Council resolution, it will carry the responsibility to build broad consensus & advance effective implementation of the right to #HealthyEnvironment.
The celebration of the 5th anniversary of the recognition by the UN Human Rights Council of the human right to a #HealthyEnvironment continues in #GENeva!
Gathering for a reception at Palais des Nations, Member States, NGOs & civil society commemorate this important milestone.
As we have achieved recognition of the right to a #HealthyEnvironment, panelists highlighted the importance of continuing to mainstream and strengthen the right to a healthy environment, towards in implementing it in a collective and collaborative way.
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In closing, Roberto Cespedes Gomez highlights how ๐จ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐จ๐ญ๐ธ๐ฎ continue championing the resolution on right to #HealthyEnvironment, where the question is on how it is applied.
He highlights a case in #CostaRica on how the work built in #GENeva has concrete impacts on the ground.
Harriet Hirst of UN Human Rights stresses the importance of not only celebrating the achievement of the recognition of the right to #HealthyEnvironment but to reflect how far we have come, the challenges remaining, and the priorities for the next years.
Sarah Barnier-Leroy of @coe.int highlights that though Europe remains to be the only region where regional human rights system does not explicitly enshrine right to #HealthyEnvironment, discussions are ongoing for development of an instrument on envt. and human rights based on R2HE.
Discussing legal & institutional developments still needed to strengthen the right to #HealthyEnvironment, Sandra Epal Ratjen of @icjurists.bsky.social spotlights:
๐ธ Further Constitutional protection
๐ธ Mainstream beyond envt. domains
๐ธ Engagement of ministries
๐ธ Boost NHRIs & justice systems
Angela Kariuki of @unep.org shares opportunities to seize to bring in rights in environmental decisions and strengthen the implementation of the right to #HealthyEnvironment: regional level mobilization, 1st Review of #KMGBF, & embedding human rights principles in energy transition.
Stressing the implementation of right to #HealthyEnvironment must be consistent with #UNDRIP, Juan Leรณn Alvarado of IITC stresses that the way forward is ensuring that protection of the environment and protection of rights of #IndigenousPeoples must advance together.
Former UN Special Rapporteur David Boyd shares how the right to #HealthyEnvironment has been a catalyst for action:
๐ธ Stimulating general comments from UN Treaty Bodies
๐ธ Putting human rights at the core of #KMGBF
๐ธ Supporting advisory opinions on climate change
๐ธ & more.