Pre-Glion X Policy Dialogue with the Commonwealth Small States Office and the Permanent Missions of The Gambia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands on ‘Key characteristics and good practices in the establishment and development of NMIRFs.’

LEAD: Championing recognition, participation and protection of environmental defenders through high-level collaboration and coordination Environmental defenders are the driving force in advocating for urgent actions needed to address the triple planetary crisis, consistently leading reforms necessary to protect people (especially...

• March 11, 2024 - 8:30 - 9:45
• By invitation only

Around two years after the adoption of the twin Human Rights Council and General Assembly resolutions recognising the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment (HRC/RES/48/13, and A/RES/76/300), and as the tenure of David Boyd as Special Rapporteur on...

• March 7, 2024 - 8:15 - 9:45
• Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
• By invitation only

The Regional Government of Catalonia and the Universal Rights Group will organise a working lunch ahead of the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including the marine environment, which...

• November 8, 2023 - 13:00 - 15:00
• Vieux Bois Genève/ Genève
• By invitation only

In October 2021, years of growing interest in the relationship between human rights, environment and climate change at the Human Rights Council culminated in an important milestone for the international community: the recognition of the universal rights to a clean,...

• April 12, 2022 - 14:30 - 18:00
• By invitation only

The Universal Rights Group in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment – David Boyd, and with...

• December 8, 2021 - All Day
• By invitation only

The Universal Rights Group in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment - David Boyd, and with...

• December 6, 2021 - All Day
• By invitation only

The situation for environmental, land and indigenous defenders is nothing short of dire. Every year a new tragic record of violence against these defenders shocks the world. Their rights to life, physical integrity, safety, political participation, and freedom of expression...

• July 29, 2021 - 16:00

  Background In recent years, there has been growing interest in, and movement towards, universal recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (R2E). Over one hundred national constitutions and several regional human rights agreements now...

• February 23, 2021 - 16:00 - 17:30
• By invitation only

This webinar aimed to provide an overview of collective protection as understood around the world and share concrete examples so that organisations working to support these defenders can learn from each other and develop strategies that are appropriate for their...

• October 21, 2020 - 9:00 - 10:30

Building on earlier work by the Commission on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council and its mechanisms have been actively engaged on the topic of human rights and the environment. They have made enormous progress in clarifying and setting down...

• February 6, 2020 - All Day
• Commonwealth Small States Office/ Geneva