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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 8d

Happening today ! 📣🌱

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 9d

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!

Saskia Kluit @saskiakluit.bsky.social · 10d

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/

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 10d

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!

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 11d

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 11d

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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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 15d

Civil society has spoken. Experts have spoken. Parliamentarians have spoken.

Now it’s time for the @coe.int to act.

The right to a #HealthyEnvironment can’t wait any longer.

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 15d

The @coe.int must begin negotiating an additional protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights – one that protects the right to a healthy environment.

The environmental crisis isn’t waiting. Why should the Council?

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 15d

The time for excuses is over.

Europe is the only continent without a regional human rights instrument explicitly protecting the right to a healthy environment.

That’s despite decades of calls from MPs, the UN, legal experts, and civil society like us.

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 15d

Finally, last week, the Committee replied!

The Rapporteur Group on Human Rights will “begin the examination of this question at one of its forthcoming meetings.”
👉 pace.coe.int/en/files/345...

All eyes on their next meetings on 16 October and 25 November!

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Doc. 16253 - Reply to Written question - Working document

Title: Recognition of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment in Europe - Reference: Doc. 16253 - Document type: Reply to Written question - Other author: Committee of Minister...

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · 15d

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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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · Sep 10

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!

Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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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

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Dr. David R. Boyd @drdavidboyd.bsky.social · Sep 9

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 ...

Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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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

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Saskia Kluit @saskiakluit.bsky.social · Sep 9

Indeed we did!

The climate crisis is more and more targeting our human rights.

Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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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

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our Campaign fully agrees with the @pace.coe.int Committee.

The @coe.int must assume its role in addressing one of the greatest threats to human rights.

A healthy environment is not a luxury, but a right. It's time for Europe to protect it as such! ✊

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

For the Committee, this would be a concrete step to implement the 2023 Reykjavik Declaration, where @coe.int leaders committed to stronger action on human rights & the environment.

ICJ confirmed States’ legal duties to act on the climate crisis. No more delays are acceptable.

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

The @pace.coe.int Committee on Social Affairs, Health & Sustainable Development stated that “[the @coe.int] must adopt a binding legal instrument to guarantee the right to a healthy environment”.

This is “indispensable to guarantee citizens a safe and viable environment.”

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

We support this call and urge @coe.int Member States to act, particularly in light of the latest International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, which reiterated that the right to a healthy environment is a prerequisite for the enjoyment of all other human rights.

x.com/HealthyenvCo...

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE on X: "1/ ⚖️ A groundbreaking moment for climate justice! The @CIJ_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. 🧵 https://t.co/YiMhwhcZbv" / X

1/ ⚖️ A groundbreaking moment for climate justice! The @CIJ_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. 🧵 https://t.co/YiMhwhcZbv

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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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

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 1

It’s time for Europe to align with other regional systems and advance human rights in the face of our greatest shared challenge yet. The future is watching.

#RightToAHealthyEnvironment ✊

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our coalition of 500+ organisations joins this call again: let’s legally protect the right to a healthy environment at the @coe.int level—it's way overdue. 📜⚖️

healthyenvironmenteurope.com

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Healthy Environment Europe

Human Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 1

We deeply value the leadership of @pace.coe.int and its Network for a Healthy Environment, who have long pushed the @coe.int for recognition of the right to a healthy environment. 🙌

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 1

Also in attendance, Italian MP Aurora Floridia reminded us: “The protection of our environment is not only a scientific or political issue, but a deeply human one.”

The triple planetary crisis is sparing no place, no community. It demands urgent, united action.

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 1

Mr. Theodoros Roussopoulos delivered a hopeful speech at the opening of the Tournée du Climat exhibition in Strasbourg, calling for real ambition from Europe to protect our climate and biodiversity. 🌱

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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 1

“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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Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social · Sep 1

It’s time for Europe to align with other regional systems and advance human rights in the face of our greatest shared challenge yet. The future is watching.

#RightToAHealthyEnvironment ✊

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