UN @srenvironment.bsky.social Astrid Puentes welcomes the decision to host the Santa Marta Conference in a coal-exporting port near affected Indigenous communities & workers. Fossil fuels must no longer remain the “elephant in the room” & she calls for action grounded in the #ICJAO & #RtHE.
The conversation on UN @srenvironment.bsky.social Astrid Puentes Riaño's report continues today:
🔸 #HRC61 side event | 13:00 CET
🔸 #GRET2026 on Keeping the Air We Breathe Safe | 14:30 CET
🔸 #HRC61 side event on asbestos, #IndigenousPeoples & #RtHE | 16:00 CET
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#UNEA7 #RtHE: On 10 Dec 2025, the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics & #HumanRights, will be speaking at a high-level side event on advancing the Human Right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment #JustTransition #FutureGenerations.
Learn more & watch the livestream here: bit.ly/4puiR5Y
Highlighting @srtoxics.bsky.social report to the HRC on pollution information portals, Yves Lador of @earthjustice.org urges to widen the scope of #PRTRs protocol to include human rights, calling it a "key human rights implementation instrument", notably on the right to access to info & #RtHE.
"Environmental democracy is the corner stone of sound env't governance."
Welcoming the Declaration on @unep.org 's behalf, UNEP Europe Director Arnold Kreilhuber highlights that the growing recognition of procedural rights in regions contribute further to the recognition of #RtHE.
#HumanRights #RtHE: On 20 Nov. 2025, the Professor Orellana will be speaking at the University of Miami’s & the IACHR Symposium on Human Rights in the Americas on the intersection of Human Rights & the environment.
To attend the panel and learn more, register here: bit.ly/487eeHr
🌍 This week marks the 11th session of the #OEIGWG on transnational corporations & human rights — the UN group negotiating a binding treaty (20–24 Oct, Geneva).
The draft still omits the right to a healthy environment. That’s a legal & moral failure.
#LBI2025 #RtHE
1/ “The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable is inherent in the enjoyment of other human rights. Under international law the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable is essential for the enjoyment of other rights.”
#ICJ #ICJAdvisoryOpinion #RTHE #CLimateChange
"The right to #HealthyEnvironment has the potential to unlock new modes of thinking, capturing synergies between MEAs & human rights."
UN @srtoxics.bsky.social Marcos Orellana highlights strength of #RtHE in ensuring implementation of MEAs, in light of clear human rights obligations.
The United States has reportedly just carried out an airstrike on a residential area in Al Hudaydah Governorate, #Yemen. #RThe United States has just carried out an airstrike on a residential area in Al Hudaydah Governorate, Yemen. #RTEcensored #CNNcensored #FOXNEWScensored
"#RightToHealthyEnvironment is not a distant idealbut the foundation of human dignity, a shared responsibility & legacy for the future."
H.E Amb. Anita Pipan of #Slovenia shares calls to anchor #RtHE in law & practice, empower people & communities & act as one global community.
"The #RightToHealthyEnvironment is a tool for better environmental & human rights policy."
Stressing the role of civil society in #RtHE implementation, Sandra Epal-Ratjen of ICJ provides various ways forward, including #EHRDs protection, #RuleOfLaw promotion & role of LRGs.
