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Launch of UN Environment’s rights initiative
06-06 March 2018
Geneva, Switzerland
- Overview
UN Environment is delighted to launch its Environmental Rights Initiative during the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva! The Environmental Rights Initiative represents the next phase of UN Environment’s work on human rights and the environment. It will bring environmental protection nearer to the people by helping them to better understand their rights and how to defend them; by working with media to improve coverage of rights issues; by calling on the private sector to move beyond a culture of compliance to one where environmental rights are championed; and by assisting governments to implement environmental rights obligations.
The launch features and excellent panel comprising:
- UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment - Professor John Knox
- Global Environment Editor, The Guardian - Jon Watts
- President and Chief Executive, Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation – Bianca Jagger
- Global Witness Co-Founder - Patrick Alley
- Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights – Kate Gilmore
- UN’s leading expert on environmental law – Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
2 May 2024
Friday, 3 May is World Press Freedom Day, which this year is dedicated to the importance of journalism amid a series of mounting environmental cri
So, how can environmental reporters and defenders be protected?
“Countries need to ensure adequate legal frameworks, taking inspiration from the Escazú Agreement,” Raine says. “But these need to be robustly implemented and enforced.”
2 May 2024
Sexta-feira, 3 de maio, é o Dia Mundial da Liberdade de Imprensa, que este ano é dedicado à importância do jornalismo em meio a uma série de crises ambientais crescentes.
Então, como proteger repórteres e defensores do meio ambiente?
"Os países precisam garantir marcos legais adequados, inspirando-se no Acordo de Escazú", diz Raine. "Mas elas precisam ser implementadas e aplicadas de forma robusta."
2 May 2024
Le vendredi 3 mai, on célèbre la Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse, consacrée cette année à l'importance du journalisme dans un contexte de crises environnementales de plus en pl
Alors, comment protéger les journalistes et les défenseurs de l'environnement ?
7 April 2024
Nairóbi, 7 de abril de 2024: O Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente (PNUMA) celebra o anúncio da iminente libertação de quatro conservacionistas presos na República Islâmica do Irã, incluindo a ex-colega do PNUMA Nilouf
Nos últimos seis anos, nós do PNUMA sempre pedimos a libertação da Sra. Bayani e dos outros conservacionistas.
7 April 2024
Nairobi, 7 de abril de 2024. El Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) acoge con satisfacción el anuncio de la inminente liberación de cuatro conservacionistas encarcelados en la República Islámica del Irán
Durante los últimos seis años, en el PNUMA hemos pedido constantemente la liberación de la Sra. Bayani y los demás conservacionistas.
