Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.social
Campaign for the Right to a Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment at the Council of Europe #HealthyEnvironmentForAll
Our letter: https://bit.ly/RtHE_CoE
Our letter: https://bit.ly/RtHE_CoE
Two years after the @coe.int pledged action on human rights & the environment, it’s time to move past political statements.
At our @pace.coe.int side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment!
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At our @pace.coe.int side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment!
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October 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Two years after the @coe.int pledged action on human rights & the environment, it’s time to move past political statements.
At our @pace.coe.int side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment!
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At our @pace.coe.int side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment!
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Happening today ! 📣🌱
🔗Join us in Room 6 at Palais de l'Europe or via Zoom (no registration needed):
coe-int.zoom.us/j/6379361368...
Access code: 421303
🔗Join us in Room 6 at Palais de l'Europe or via Zoom (no registration needed):
coe-int.zoom.us/j/6379361368...
Access code: 421303
October 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Happening today ! 📣🌱
🔗Join us in Room 6 at Palais de l'Europe or via Zoom (no registration needed):
coe-int.zoom.us/j/6379361368...
Access code: 421303
🔗Join us in Room 6 at Palais de l'Europe or via Zoom (no registration needed):
coe-int.zoom.us/j/6379361368...
Access code: 421303
At the @pace.coe.int session, MP @saskiakluit.bsky.social asked the @coe.int Secretary General what he will be doing in the near future to promote the right to a healthy environment.
We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!
We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!
Tweede dag van de @pace.coe.int plenaire sessie. Hier stel ik de vraag wat de secretaris-generaal van @coe.int komende tijd zal doen voor het recht op een schone en gezonde leefomgeving. Zijn antwoord was dat klimaatverandering een urgente crisis is en in de Reyckyavick declaratie opgenomen. 1/
October 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
At the @pace.coe.int session, MP @saskiakluit.bsky.social asked the @coe.int Secretary General what he will be doing in the near future to promote the right to a healthy environment.
We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!
We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!
Climate activist Niamh Purcell believes the @coe.int has one way to signal to young people it takes their demands for climate justice seriously.
Let's legally protect the right to a healthy environment, in a pledge for our shared humanity & future!
bit.ly/4nEpvFy
Let's legally protect the right to a healthy environment, in a pledge for our shared humanity & future!
bit.ly/4nEpvFy
September 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Climate activist Niamh Purcell believes the @coe.int has one way to signal to young people it takes their demands for climate justice seriously.
Let's legally protect the right to a healthy environment, in a pledge for our shared humanity & future!
bit.ly/4nEpvFy
Let's legally protect the right to a healthy environment, in a pledge for our shared humanity & future!
bit.ly/4nEpvFy
Join our Campaign & MP Aurora Floridia for a @pace.coe.int side event on why the @coe.int's protection of the right to a healthy environment matters!
🎤 Hear from @srenvironment.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social ocial @saskiakluit.bsky.social it.bsky.social @sumarslan.bsky.social & more!
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🎤 Hear from @srenvironment.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social ocial @saskiakluit.bsky.social it.bsky.social @sumarslan.bsky.social & more!
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September 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Join our Campaign & MP Aurora Floridia for a @pace.coe.int side event on why the @coe.int's protection of the right to a healthy environment matters!
🎤 Hear from @srenvironment.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social ocial @saskiakluit.bsky.social it.bsky.social @sumarslan.bsky.social & more!
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🎤 Hear from @srenvironment.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social ocial @saskiakluit.bsky.social it.bsky.social @sumarslan.bsky.social & more!
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Last June, Italian MP & @pace.coe.int member Aurora Floridia asked a critical question to the @coe.int Committee of Ministers:
❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment?
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❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment?
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September 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Last June, Italian MP & @pace.coe.int member Aurora Floridia asked a critical question to the @coe.int Committee of Ministers:
❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment?
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❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment?
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FIDH stands with @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social's appeal!
The ICJ opinion was crystal clear: the right to a healthy environment is a prerequisite for the enjoyment of all other human rights.
We urge @coe.int Member States to support an additional protocol to the European Convention!
The ICJ opinion was crystal clear: the right to a healthy environment is a prerequisite for the enjoyment of all other human rights.
We urge @coe.int Member States to support an additional protocol to the European Convention!
The call comes from within – again!
Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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Commitee calls on the Council of Europe to assume its role in addressing climate change and its impact on our fundamental rights
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development notes with grave concern that Europe has entered an era in which climate-related disasters are becoming structural: persistent droug...
https://pace.coe.int/en/news/9992/commitee-calls-on-the-council-of-europe-to-assume[%E2%80%A6]essing-climate-change-and-its-impact-on-our-fundamental-rights
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
FIDH stands with @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social's appeal!
The ICJ opinion was crystal clear: the right to a healthy environment is a prerequisite for the enjoyment of all other human rights.
We urge @coe.int Member States to support an additional protocol to the European Convention!
The ICJ opinion was crystal clear: the right to a healthy environment is a prerequisite for the enjoyment of all other human rights.
We urge @coe.int Member States to support an additional protocol to the European Convention!
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Surely the time for excuses and delays is over. The Council of Europe must finally adopt a protocol recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. As the International Court of Justice unanimously concluded, "in so far as States parties to human rights treaties ...
The call comes from within – again!
Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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Commitee calls on the Council of Europe to assume its role in addressing climate change and its impact on our fundamental rights
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development notes with grave concern that Europe has entered an era in which climate-related disasters are becoming structural: persistent droug...
https://pace.coe.int/en/news/9992/commitee-calls-on-the-council-of-europe-to-assume[%E2%80%A6]essing-climate-change-and-its-impact-on-our-fundamental-rights
September 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Surely the time for excuses and delays is over. The Council of Europe must finally adopt a protocol recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. As the International Court of Justice unanimously concluded, "in so far as States parties to human rights treaties ...
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Indeed we did!
The climate crisis is more and more targeting our human rights.
The climate crisis is more and more targeting our human rights.
The call comes from within – again!
Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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Commitee calls on the Council of Europe to assume its role in addressing climate change and its impact on our fundamental rights
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development notes with grave concern that Europe has entered an era in which climate-related disasters are becoming structural: persistent droug...
https://pace.coe.int/en/news/9992/commitee-calls-on-the-council-of-europe-to-assume[%E2%80%A6]essing-climate-change-and-its-impact-on-our-fundamental-rights
September 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Indeed we did!
The climate crisis is more and more targeting our human rights.
The climate crisis is more and more targeting our human rights.
The call comes from within – again!
Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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Commitee calls on the Council of Europe to assume its role in addressing climate change and its impact on our fundamental rights
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development notes with grave concern that Europe has entered an era in which climate-related disasters are becoming structural: persistent droug...
https://pace.coe.int/en/news/9992/commitee-calls-on-the-council-of-europe-to-assume[%E2%80%A6]essing-climate-change-and-its-impact-on-our-fundamental-rights
September 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The call comes from within – again!
Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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Last Friday, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development of the @coe.int called for the legal protection of the right to a healthy environment! 🌍
pace.coe.int/en/news/9992...
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“The climate crisis is not just an environmental emergency. It is also a democratic test. When science is ignored, people suffer.”
We couldn't agree more with @pace.coe.int President Theodoros Roussopoulos!
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We couldn't agree more with @pace.coe.int President Theodoros Roussopoulos!
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September 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
“The climate crisis is not just an environmental emergency. It is also a democratic test. When science is ignored, people suffer.”
We couldn't agree more with @pace.coe.int President Theodoros Roussopoulos!
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We couldn't agree more with @pace.coe.int President Theodoros Roussopoulos!
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1/ ⚖️ A groundbreaking moment for climate justice!
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, affirming that everyone has a human right to a healthy environment.
A new legal compass has been set. 🧵
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, affirming that everyone has a human right to a healthy environment.
A new legal compass has been set. 🧵
July 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
1/ ⚖️ A groundbreaking moment for climate justice!
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, affirming that everyone has a human right to a healthy environment.
A new legal compass has been set. 🧵
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark advisory opinion on climate change, affirming that everyone has a human right to a healthy environment.
A new legal compass has been set. 🧵
Climate justice win! IA Court on Human Rights elaborates legal obligations around a healthy climate as part of the right to a healthy environment.
Meanwhile @coe.int still debates whether it should recognise it.
Our answer? YES - we urge the Council to adopt a protocol to the European Convention!
Meanwhile @coe.int still debates whether it should recognise it.
Our answer? YES - we urge the Council to adopt a protocol to the European Convention!
July 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Climate justice win! IA Court on Human Rights elaborates legal obligations around a healthy climate as part of the right to a healthy environment.
Meanwhile @coe.int still debates whether it should recognise it.
Our answer? YES - we urge the Council to adopt a protocol to the European Convention!
Meanwhile @coe.int still debates whether it should recognise it.
Our answer? YES - we urge the Council to adopt a protocol to the European Convention!
Our campaign showed up in force at the #SB52 UN Climate Conference — joined by Elisa Morgera!
European states must do their homework too & start negotiations as soon as possible at the @coe.int to legally protect the right to a healthy environment! Their credibility is at play.
European states must do their homework too & start negotiations as soon as possible at the @coe.int to legally protect the right to a healthy environment! Their credibility is at play.
June 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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📆 ⚖️ 🌱 join us today, 3pm at the 🇺🇳 #SB62 Bonn climate camp to discuss the process forward toward the effective protection of the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll in Europe under the auspices of the 🇪🇺 @coe.int!
🙏 @yeenetwork.bsky.social & @wy4cj.bsky.social for convening this timely event
🙏 @yeenetwork.bsky.social & @wy4cj.bsky.social for convening this timely event
June 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
📆 ⚖️ 🌱 join us today, 3pm at the 🇺🇳 #SB62 Bonn climate camp to discuss the process forward toward the effective protection of the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll in Europe under the auspices of the 🇪🇺 @coe.int!
🙏 @yeenetwork.bsky.social & @wy4cj.bsky.social for convening this timely event
🙏 @yeenetwork.bsky.social & @wy4cj.bsky.social for convening this timely event
Legally protecting the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll means saving lives—and strengthening the rights of people with disabilities.
@greenrightsco.bsky.social's @andreadpaulus.bsky.social
urges @coe.int to start work on a protocol to the ECHR to make a difference.
@greenrightsco.bsky.social's @andreadpaulus.bsky.social
urges @coe.int to start work on a protocol to the ECHR to make a difference.
June 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Legally protecting the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll means saving lives—and strengthening the rights of people with disabilities.
@greenrightsco.bsky.social's @andreadpaulus.bsky.social
urges @coe.int to start work on a protocol to the ECHR to make a difference.
@greenrightsco.bsky.social's @andreadpaulus.bsky.social
urges @coe.int to start work on a protocol to the ECHR to make a difference.
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#WorldEnvironmentDay: do you know the right to a healthy environment?
Officially recognised by the UN General Assembly, it is fundamental to the enjoyment of all human rights.
It is meant to protect people & their rights in the face of climate breakdown, biodiversity loss & pollution.
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Officially recognised by the UN General Assembly, it is fundamental to the enjoyment of all human rights.
It is meant to protect people & their rights in the face of climate breakdown, biodiversity loss & pollution.
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June 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#WorldEnvironmentDay: do you know the right to a healthy environment?
Officially recognised by the UN General Assembly, it is fundamental to the enjoyment of all human rights.
It is meant to protect people & their rights in the face of climate breakdown, biodiversity loss & pollution.
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Officially recognised by the UN General Assembly, it is fundamental to the enjoyment of all human rights.
It is meant to protect people & their rights in the face of climate breakdown, biodiversity loss & pollution.
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“Where there is a right, there is a remedy,” says @ciel.org's @camillapollera.bsky.social on #WorldEnvironmentDay
We need an additional protocol to the ECHR to legally protect our right to a healthy environment and provide these safeguards.
@coe.int Ministers, act now!
We need an additional protocol to the ECHR to legally protect our right to a healthy environment and provide these safeguards.
@coe.int Ministers, act now!
June 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
“Where there is a right, there is a remedy,” says @ciel.org's @camillapollera.bsky.social on #WorldEnvironmentDay
We need an additional protocol to the ECHR to legally protect our right to a healthy environment and provide these safeguards.
@coe.int Ministers, act now!
We need an additional protocol to the ECHR to legally protect our right to a healthy environment and provide these safeguards.
@coe.int Ministers, act now!
“No peace is possible without environmental justice,” says Pax Christi's Martha Inés Romero.
That's why Belgium & all @coe.int member states must support a new protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights to protect the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll!
@delphinedelieux.bsky.social
That's why Belgium & all @coe.int member states must support a new protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights to protect the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll!
@delphinedelieux.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“No peace is possible without environmental justice,” says Pax Christi's Martha Inés Romero.
That's why Belgium & all @coe.int member states must support a new protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights to protect the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll!
@delphinedelieux.bsky.social
That's why Belgium & all @coe.int member states must support a new protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights to protect the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll!
@delphinedelieux.bsky.social
Every day in Scotland & Europe, the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll is violated—especially for communities in situations of marginalisation.
@ercscot.bsky.social urges @coe.int States to urgently begin the legal protection of the right as a cornerstone of equality & non-discrimination!
@ercscot.bsky.social urges @coe.int States to urgently begin the legal protection of the right as a cornerstone of equality & non-discrimination!
May 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Every day in Scotland & Europe, the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll is violated—especially for communities in situations of marginalisation.
@ercscot.bsky.social urges @coe.int States to urgently begin the legal protection of the right as a cornerstone of equality & non-discrimination!
@ercscot.bsky.social urges @coe.int States to urgently begin the legal protection of the right as a cornerstone of equality & non-discrimination!
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“This will be a key milestone in reinforcing legal protection for both people and the planet”
#UN experts urge Council of Europe states to start negotiations on a legally binding Protocol that will recognize the right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#UN experts urge Council of Europe states to start negotiations on a legally binding Protocol that will recognize the right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Council of Europe must recognise the right to a healthy environment, UN experts urge
GENEVA – UN experts* today urged the Ministers at the Council of Europe to demonstrate leadership by starting negotiations on an additional binding Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights...
www.ohchr.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“This will be a key milestone in reinforcing legal protection for both people and the planet”
#UN experts urge Council of Europe states to start negotiations on a legally binding Protocol that will recognize the right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
#UN experts urge Council of Europe states to start negotiations on a legally binding Protocol that will recognize the right to a clean, healthy, & sustainable environment
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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More than 60 organisations have reportedly urged the UK government to back proposals for a binding protocol to be added to the European Convention on #HumanRights covering the right to a healthy #environment👇
🔗 www.scottishlegal.com/articles/uk-... via Scottish Legal News
@coe.int #ECHR #R2HE
🔗 www.scottishlegal.com/articles/uk-... via Scottish Legal News
@coe.int #ECHR #R2HE
UK government urged to back Council of Europe protocol on right to healthy environment
Over 60 organisations have written to the UK government ahead of a major meeting of the Council of Europe, urging them to back proposals for an additional binding Protocol to the European Convention o...
www.scottishlegal.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
More than 60 organisations have reportedly urged the UK government to back proposals for a binding protocol to be added to the European Convention on #HumanRights covering the right to a healthy #environment👇
🔗 www.scottishlegal.com/articles/uk-... via Scottish Legal News
@coe.int #ECHR #R2HE
🔗 www.scottishlegal.com/articles/uk-... via Scottish Legal News
@coe.int #ECHR #R2HE
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At their meeting yesterday, @coe.int ministers postponed the decision to start negotiations to legally protect the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.
They lost yet another opportunity to move past political statements & take urgent action.
Our reaction: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
They lost yet another opportunity to move past political statements & take urgent action.
Our reaction: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
May 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
At their meeting yesterday, @coe.int ministers postponed the decision to start negotiations to legally protect the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.
They lost yet another opportunity to move past political statements & take urgent action.
Our reaction: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
They lost yet another opportunity to move past political statements & take urgent action.
Our reaction: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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🔥 🗣️ Today, the 🇪🇺 Council of Europe’s 46 member states missed a key opportunity to start the negotiations to legally protect the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment for all in Europe. ⚖️ 🌱
uk.news.yahoo.com/europe-laggi...
@coe.int @alain-berset.coe.int @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social
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@coe.int @alain-berset.coe.int @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social
Europe ‘lagging’ behind on human rights by not recognising right to healthy environment, experts say
There is now a robust legal framework to tackle serious environmental crimes, but experts say the Council of Europe missed a chance to protect human rights.View on euronews
uk.news.yahoo.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🔥 🗣️ Today, the 🇪🇺 Council of Europe’s 46 member states missed a key opportunity to start the negotiations to legally protect the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment for all in Europe. ⚖️ 🌱
uk.news.yahoo.com/europe-laggi...
@coe.int @alain-berset.coe.int @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social
uk.news.yahoo.com/europe-laggi...
@coe.int @alain-berset.coe.int @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social
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"It’s outrageous that in 2025, Europe still hasn’t legally recognized the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll as a basic human right."
Today, @coe.int46 member states missed again a key opportunity to legally protect this important right in Europe.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/coe-lag...
Today, @coe.int46 member states missed again a key opportunity to legally protect this important right in Europe.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/coe-lag...
May 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"It’s outrageous that in 2025, Europe still hasn’t legally recognized the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll as a basic human right."
Today, @coe.int46 member states missed again a key opportunity to legally protect this important right in Europe.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/coe-lag...
Today, @coe.int46 member states missed again a key opportunity to legally protect this important right in Europe.
Our reaction: www.ciel.org/news/coe-lag...