Human Rights and the Environment: Meeting on Activities Related to 63rd 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, climate change and human rights, the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the right to development are also environment-related issues to be 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 HRC63, 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 HRC63, such as in-person and online events, publications, or exhibitions, among others, and exchange on possible synergies. They feed the GEN page on HRC63 which provides an updated calendar of these environment-related events.

Speakers

Benjamin SCHACHTER

Coordinator, Environment and Climate Change Team, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Maria Victoria GABIOUD

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

Mariya STOYANOVA

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

Jamshid GAZIYEV

Human Rights Officer, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Secretary to the UN Working Group on peasants and rural workers)

Viktoria ABERG

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

Jan Harvey PARAFINA

Research and Communications Consultant, Geneva Environment Network

Diana RIZZOLIO

Coordinator, Geneva Environment Network | Moderator

Highlights

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• Environment @ 63rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
• Human Rights and the Environment
• Human Rights, Hazardous Substances, and the Role of Geneva
• Human Rights, Climate Change, and the Role of Geneva