Right to a Healthy Environment - Council of Europe

A blog post authored by representatives from the Center for International Environmental Law, Greenpeace International, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International urging Council of Europe Member States to recognize the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment during the May 16-17, 2023, Summit in Reykjavik, Iceland.

• The authors argue that the European human rights framework is currently the only regional system whose political institutions have not explicitly recognized the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, despite a July 2022 United Nations General Assembly vote affirming this right.
• The authors call for Council of Europe Member States to use the Reykjavik Summit to commit to the effective protection of the right to a healthy environment by drafting a dedicated protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights.
• Establishing an autonomous right to a healthy environment via the European Court of Human Rights is expected to drive more ambitious climate action, provide legal certainty for corporate actors, and improve protections for environmental activists as human rights defenders.
• The document highlights a 'triple planetary crisis' consisting of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution, noting that air pollution causes an estimated 1,200 premature child deaths in Europe annually.

APA

Liguori'], [. D. '. J. '. R. '. (2023). Right to a Healthy Environment - Council of Europe. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/right-to-a-healthy-environment-council-of-europe/

Chicago

Liguori'], ['Sébastien Duyck', 'Amy Jacobsen', 'Katharina Rall', 'Chiara. Right to a Healthy Environment - Council of Europe. Center for International Environmental Law, 2023. https://www.ciel.org/right-to-a-healthy-environment-council-of-europe/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{liguori2023right, author = {Liguori'], ['Sébastien Duyck', 'Amy Jacobsen', 'Katharina Rall', 'Chiara}, title = {{Right to a Healthy Environment - Council of Europe}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2023}, month = may, url = {https://www.ciel.org/right-to-a-healthy-environment-council-of-europe/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }