Human Rights and the Environment: Meeting on Activities Related to 58th Session of the Human Rights Council

About this Session

Environmental issues are present in various agenda items of each session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and their side events.

The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is the usual main environmental theme of the Council’s March sessions, with the Special Rapporteur’s annual Report to the HRC. Human rights defenders, the right to food, and foreign debt are also issues with related to the environment that will be presented by their respective United Nations Special Procedures, also in interactive dialogues with States, international organizations, human rights national institutions and NGOs.

In order to develop more synergies among stakeholders and a better outreach on the environmental agenda of HRC58, including the activities taking place in parallel to the Council’s session, the Geneva Environment Network and its partners convened an information-sharing session. This event discussed and shared information on planned environment-related activities at and around HRC58, such as in person and online events, publications or exhibitions, among others, and exchange on possible synergies. They feed the GEN page on HRC58 which will provide an updated calendar of these environment-related events. → Share information on your activity!

Environment @ HRC58

The 58th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC58) is taking place in Geneva from 24 February to 4 April 2025. This regularly-updated page highlights the environmental-related activities of this session.

Speakers

Benjamin SCHACHTER

Coordinator, Environment and Climate Change Team, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Viktoria ABERG

Human Rights Officer, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Mandate of SR on human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment)

Isabel ORIZAGA INZUNZA

Associate Human Rights Officer, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Mandate of IE on the effects of foreign debt)

Richard NCUBE

Environmental Rights Specialist, UN Environment Programme

Jan Harvey PARAFINA

Research and Communications Consultant, Geneva Environment Network

Diana RIZZOLIO

Coordinator, Geneva Environment Network | Moderator

Highlights

Video

Live from International Environment House 1.

Share Information on Your Event @ HRC58

Share your environment-related activities and events during and around HRC58 in the form below. Information shared will be placed in our update “Environment @ 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council“.

Links

• Environment @ 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
• Human Rights and the Environment