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Human Rights and Environment

All human beings depend on the environment in which we live. A safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is integral to the full enjoyment of a wide range of human rights, including the rights to life, health, food, water and sanitation. Without a healthy environment, we are unable to fulfill our aspirations or even live at a level commensurate with minimum standards of human dignity. At the same time, protecting human rights helps to protect the environment. When people are able to learn about, and participate in, the decisions that affect them, they can help to ensure that those decisions respect their need for a sustainable environment.

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Organizations

Earthjustice

Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Earthjustice

Chemicals and Pollution | Climate | Human Rights and Environment | Nature

Organization | Academic and Training Institutions

Geneva Academy

Human Rights and Environment

Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations

Geneva Environment Network

GEN

Chemicals and Pollution | Eco-Humanitarian | Climate | Green Economy | Human Rights and Environment | Nature | Science

Human Right Watch

Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Human Rights Watch

HRW

Human Rights and Environment

Organization | Non-Governmental and Business Organizations

Initiatives of Change

IofC

Green Economy | Human Rights and Environment

UNEP

Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations

UNEP Europe Office

Chemicals and Pollution | Climate | Eco-Humanitarian | Green Economy | Human Rights and Environment | Nature | Science | Digital Cooperation

Organization | Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNECE

Chemicals and Pollution | Climate | Human Rights and Environment | Green Economy | Nature | Science | E-Waste

SDG1 | SDG2 | SDG3 | SDG4 | SDG5 | SDG6 | SDG7 | SDG8 | SDG9 | SDG10 | SDG11 | SDG12 | SDG13 | SDG14 | SDG15 | SDG16 | SDG17

Experts

Adriana Bessa

Adriana Bessa is a Senior Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

Amanda Kron

Amanda Kron is an Associate Expert on Climate Change and Environment at the United Nations Human Rights.

Andrés del Castillo

Andrés del Castillo is the Senior Attorney for the Environmental Health Program of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).

Benjamin Schachter

Benjamin Schachter is Associate Human Rights Officer at United Nations Human Rights.

David Azoulay

David Azoulay is the Managing Attorney of the Center for International Environmental Law’s (CIEL) Geneva Office and the Director of CIEL’s Environmental Health Program.

David R. Boyd

David R. Boyd is the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment.

Fiona Marshall

Fiona Marshall is an Environmental Affairs Officer and the Secretary to the Compliance Committee at the Aarhus Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Francesca Mingrone

Francesca Mingrone is a Geneva-based staff attorney for the Climate & Energy Program of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).

Giulia Carlini

Giulia Carlini is a Staff Attorney for the Environmental Health Program of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).

Marcos Orellana

Marcos Orellana is the UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights.

Sébastien Duyck

Sébastien Duyck is Senior Attorney of the Climate and Energy Programme of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).

Yves Lador

Yves Lador is the representative of Earthjustice to the United Nations in Geneva.

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