{"id":8073,"date":"2022-06-24T15:15:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T13:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalpactenvironment.org\/?p=8073"},"modified":"2022-06-29T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T11:54:13","slug":"the-right-to-a-healthy-environment-at-the-united-nations-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpactenvironment.org\/en\/the-right-to-a-healthy-environment-at-the-united-nations-general-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"The right to a healthy environment at the United Nations General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 2021, the Global Pact Coalition has been working on several advocacy actions with a dozen NGOs. In 2021, the Coalition focused much of its efforts on Geneva, where the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution last October recognizing the right to a healthy environmen<\/a>t<\/a>. This resolution called on the UN General Assembly to address the issue.<\/p>\n

This is why, since the beginning of 2022, the Coalition has been leading a new campaign in New York<\/strong>. Indeed, the Human Rights Council is a small UN body with only 47 members. In contrast, the UN General Assembly, the legislative body of the UN, includes all states. A recognition by the UNGA of this right would therefore confirm the effective recognition of the right to a healthy environment as a human right.<\/p>\n

Following an extensive advocacy campaign by the NGO coalition<\/strong>, on April 12, at a conference on the right to a healthy environment co-sponsored by the Coalition, Costa Rica announced that the Core Group of States working on human rights and the environment (Costa Rica, Morocco, Maldives, Switzerland and Slovenia) would submit a resolution on the right to a healthy environment to the UNGA for vote.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the joint efforts of civil society organizations, a draft resolution was presented to Member States on June 21.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This draft resolution is largely based on the resolution adopted in Geneva. The right to a healthy environment is placed at the heart of the resolution and is recognized as a fundamental right to the enjoyment of other rights such as the right to life.<\/p>\n

The Coalition is at the heart of the discussions on this resolution<\/strong>. A vote is expected at the end of July<\/strong>. We will be sure to keep you informed of the progress of these discussions.<\/p>\n

The recognition of this right by the General Assembly would be a major step forward for the future of international environmental law, for the protection of our environmental rights, our health and the planet.<\/p>\n

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Sign the petition for the recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment<\/em><\/h3>\n

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To support this campaign, we created a petition<\/a><\/strong> calling on the General Assembly to vote in favor of this resolution. The petition will be presented to the United Nations by David R. Boyd,<\/strong> the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment.<\/p>\n

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Share our video on the Right to a Healthy Environment<\/em><\/h3>\n

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In order to give this campaign the importance it deserves, our videographer, Juan Davila, created a video explaining the importance of recognizing the right to a healthy environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We need your help!\u00a0<\/strong>Share this video\u00a0with your friends and family\u00a0so that the movement\u00a0to have our right to live in a healthy environment is heard. If the General Assembly passes this resolution, it will also be thanks to\u00a0YOU<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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