Event Conference
Briefing on the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment | HRC55 Side Event
12 Mar 2024
13:00–14:00
Venue: Palais des Nations | Room XXV
Organization: United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Environment Programme
This session was an informal briefing on efforts under an OHCHR-UNEP Memorandum of Understanding to advance the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The session highlighted recent developments related to human rights and the environment.
About this Session
This session was an informal briefing on efforts under an OHCHR-UNEP Memorandum of Understanding to advance the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The session highlighted recent developments related to human rights and the environment.
Discussions aimed to update participants on UN system efforts to advance the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and better inform OHCHR and UNEP’s joint strategies and priorities on human rights and the environment.
Environment @ HRC55
The 55th regular session of the Human Rights Council (HRC55) is taking place in Geneva and online from 26 February to 5 April 2024. This regularly updated page highlights the environmental-related activities of this session.
Documents
- Presentation
- Environmental Rule of Law: Tracking Progress and Charting Future Directions | UNEP 2023 Report