Human Rights and the Environment: Meeting on Activities Related to 57th Session of the Human Rights Council

About this Session

Environmental issues are present in various agenda items of each session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and their side events.

Toxics and human rights are the usual main environmental theme of the Council’s September sessions, with the Special Rapporteur’s annual report to the HRC. The human rights to water and sanitation, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the right to development are also environment-related issues presented by their respective United Nations Special Procedures in interactive dialogues with States, international organizations, human rights national institutions, and NGOs.

To develop more synergies among stakeholders and a better outreach on the environmental agenda of HRC57, including the activities taking place in parallel to the Council’s session, the Geneva Environment Network and its partners convened an information-sharing session. This event discussed and shared information on planned environment-related activities at and around HRC57, such as in-person and online events, publications, or exhibitions, among others, and exchange on possible synergies. They feed the GEN page on HRC57 which provides an updated calendar of these environment-related events. → Share information on your activity!

Speakers

Rina KUUSIPALO

Human Rights Officer, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Noura Humoud A. ALZAID

Associate Expert, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights)

María José ACOSTA LAZO

Human Rights Officer, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation)

Antoanela PAVLOVA

Human Rights Officer, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development)

Raphael PANGALANGAN

Human Rights Officer, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Richard NCUBE

Environmental Rights Specialist, UN Environment Programme

Jan Harvey PARAFINA

Research and Communications Consultant, Geneva Environment Network

Diana RIZZOLIO

Coordinator, Geneva Environment Network | Moderator

Environment @ HRC57

The 57th regular session of the Human Rights Council (HRC57) is taking place from 9 September to 11 October 2024. This regularly-updated page highlights the environmental-related activities of this session.

Highlights

Share Information on your Event @ HRC57

Share your environment-related activities and events during and around HRC57 in the form below. Information shared will be placed in our update “Environment @ 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council“.

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• Environment @ 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
• Human Rights and the Environment