Environmental issues are present in various agenda items of each session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and their side events.
The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change is the usual main environmental theme of the Council’s June sessions, with the Special Rapporteur’s annual Report to the HRC. This session will also be the first of the new Special Rapporteur on climate change, Elisa Morgera. The rights to freedom of expression and assembly, environmental human rights defenders, business and human rights, addressing extreme poverty are also environment-related issues presented by their respective United Nations Special Procedures, also in interactive dialogues with States, international organizations, human rights national institutions and NGOs.
To develop more synergies among stakeholders and a better outreach on the environmental agenda of HRC56, including the activities taking place in parallel to the Council’s session, the Geneva Environment Network and its partners are convening an information-sharing session. This event will discuss and share information on planned environment-related activities at and around HRC56, such as in person and online events, publications or exhibitions, among others, and exchange on possible synergies. They feed the GEN page on HRC56 which will provide an updated calendar of these environment-related events.
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