12 Mar 2004
09:00–12:30

Lieu: International Environment House I | Room 3

Organisation: Geneva Environment Network

Agenda

Welcoming remarks by Mr. Frits Schlingemann, Director, United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Europe

Introductory remarks by the moderator, Franz Perrez, Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape

Presentations by the panelists:

  • The concept of environmental human rights in law and practice, by Yves Lador
  • Proceduralizing environmental rights – the example of the UNECE Aarhus Convention, by Marc Pallemaerts
  • International courts and environmental human rights, by Philippe Sands QC
  • Environmental Human Rights in South Asia, by Jona Razzaque, FIELD
  • Human rights and the environment – the perspective of the human rights bodies, by Stefano Sensi

Discussion with panelists and participants