In celebrating this newly recognized right, we hope that our easily shareable guide will empower each of us as individuals and members of our communities to advocate for our rights, participate in decision making, and hold governments to account.
Over 85% of UN Member States recognize a right to a healthy environment in either constitutions, legislation, or regional treaties. Recognition of the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment means states have the obligation to uphold and protect this as enumerated. If and when they do not, advocates can and must push for its proper implementation.
Our guide details the history, importance, and context of the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment within the human rights system and its relation and intersection with other universal human rights. Read on for a thorough introduction to this critical right and an outline of steps individuals can follow to take action. The guide can be found below.
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Yagua Indigenous people from Colombia have to carry emergency water back to their home as the low level of the Amazon River prevents them accessing their normal supplies
Tags: Geneva Right to a Healthy Environment, Human Impacts of Climate Change, Quaker United Nations Office
