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Campaign for the Right to a Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment at the Council of Europe #HealthyEnvironmentForAll
Our letter: https://bit.ly/RtHE_CoE
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialA treaty that can bring ambitious action and accountability, all while continuing in the Council’s history of setting norms to fight new human rights challenges. We could not support this call more!
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@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialYoung advocates like our Campaign member Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts and Emilie Tamo Kamguia from the COE Advisory Council on Youth made a compelling case on why climate action matters for young people and children’s rights and the survival of their communities. 4/5
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialO’Flaherty’s call was not alone. Prince Albert II of Monaco urged countries to advance recognition of the right to a healthy environment, saying that “protecting nature means safeguarding the very conditions under which the rights we defend today can be exercised tomorrow”. 3/5
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialSpeaking at a dialogue with young people on the climate crisis, @commissionerhr.coe.int Michael O'Flaherty clearly called on states to “fill the global legal gap” by beginning to draft and promote a binding treaty on the right.
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@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialSo many calls to the @coe.int to advance the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment and a renewed ambition on climate -- all delivered at this week's session of the @pace.coe.int!
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@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialWe join the Commission in calling on all European States to move forward so that the Council of Europe can deliver on its mandate to protect the human rights of all in Europe!
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@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialIt also clearly stresses how starting work on a binding treaty would allow the Council to align with recent legal developments like the United Nations’ recognition of the right and the International Court of Justice’s climate advisory opinion. 3/4
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialIn its latest opinion, the Commission welcomed the growing support and diplomatic efforts by several Member States over the past few months to finally secure this protection. 2/4
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.social@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialIt would also ensure that the European human rights framework and institutions are better equipped to address the impact of the planetary crisis on human rights.
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@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialA new treaty explicitly protecting the human right to a healthy environment would have many benefits for people across the continent -- starting with galvanising national policies and strengthening remedies. 4/5
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialIt would build on the Court's achievements and provide the legal basis needed to meet today's environmental challenges. 3/5
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialIn our new blog, @sumarslan.bsky.social (Child Rights International Network) and Małgorzata Kwiędacz-Palosz (@clientearth.bsky.social) argue for a binding @coe.int treaty on the right to a healthy environment.
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@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialFor decades, the European Court of Human Rights has helped protect people from pollution, environmental degradation and climate harms. Yet, environmental protection under the Convention remains indirect and incomplete. 1/5
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialIt would also ensure that the European human rights framework and institutions are better equipped to address the impact of the planetary crisis on human rights.
Read the full piece: healthyenvironmenteurope.wordpress.com/from-environ...
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialA new treaty explicitly protecting the human right to a healthy environment would have many benefits for people across the continent -- starting with galvanising national policies and strengthening remedies.
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialIt would build on the Court's achievements and provide the legal basis needed to meet today's environmental challenges.
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialIn our new blog, @sumarslan.bsky.social y.social (Child Rights International Network) and Małgorzata Kwiędacz-Palosz (@clientearth.bsky.social) argue for a binding @coe.int treaty on the right to a healthy environment.
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialThis would answer decades of calls from civil society, experts, parliamentarians, academics, human rights advocates and States demanding real progress. Will Ministers listen to the evidence and stand up for our rights? 4/4
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.socialMinisters can finally end a stalemate and start their work so that the law catches up with the biggest challenge of our time, protecting people and nature in the process. 3/4
