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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 2d

🙏🏽 Special thanks to my amazing team for their support in making all these efforts possible!

Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 2d

🌳 And, finally, I held a consultation with experts on air quality and health, who shared valuable insights and contributions for my upcoming report.
It was an honor, as Special Rapporteur, to take part in these events, share experiences, and learn from so many inspiring people

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 2d

🌱 I also met with Theodoros Roussopoulos, PACE President, to exchange perspectives on advancing the recognition of the right to a healthy environment.

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 2d

🏛️ In Strasbourg, I participated in a side event organized by analyzing the importance and opportunity for the Council of Europe to finally and explicitly recognize the right to a healthy environment through a legally binding mechanism.
@healthyenvcoe.bsky.social

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 2d

🌍 Spoke with representatives from several State missions to share updates from my mandate and discuss advancing the implementation of my reports’ recommendations.

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 2d

Also, I had the honor of moderating a panel on the role of regional human rights mechanisms in accountability and remedy for environmental harm, with representatives from courts and commissions across Africa, Europe, ASEAN, and the Americas.

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 2d

I talked about the status of recognition and implementation of the #RightToAHealthyEnvironment. I highlighted the Advisory Opinion of the #ICJ concluding that this right is essential for all other human rights.

@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org did a great coverage!
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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 7d

#Live now!

This #HRC60 side event will focus on opportunities to advance and implement landmark climate advisory opinions on climate change from the #ICJ, #ITLOS, #IACourtHR, through human rights based #ClimateAction.

📺 youtube.com/watch?v=9gTPwzFTZTY
▶️ tiny.cc/HRC60ClimateAOs

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 2d

Back from an inspiring week in Geneva and Strasbourg! I’ll try to make a summary:

I participated in the triennial Workshop on Regional Human Rights Organizations, this year focused on the right to a healthy environment and how to coordinate for its effective implementation.

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 7d

UN @srenvironment.bsky.social Astrid Puentes stresses that #ICJAO clarifies states’ duty to recognize climate risks, prevent env't harm & uphold right to #HealthyEnvironment as customary int'l law, highlighting its potential to break silos, guide state action & drive changes in the economic system.

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Guillaume Parent 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇸🇪 🇩🇰 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 @villegp.bsky.social · 7d

Amazing side event Towards the legal recognition of the right to a healthy environment at @coe.int
Much remains to do but congratulations for the amazing work. @ciel.org #r2he @sumarslan.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social @srenvironment.bsky.social

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 7d

It is with sadness that I receive the news of the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall, who dedicated her life to science and, through her tireless efforts, inspired humanity to understand the importance of respecting and honoring Nature.

Thank you for so much, Dr. Jane!🤍

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 7d

Recibo con tristeza la muerte de la Dra. Jane Goodall, quien dedicó su vida a la ciencia y con esa entrega inspiró a la humanidad a entender la importancia de respetar y honrar a la naturaleza.

¡Gracias por tanto, Dra. Jane! Millones agradecemos profundamente por su legado. 🤍

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unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social · 9d

🐙 This is a great step forward for advancing international cooperation on #ocean-#climate #science + #action to protect #HumanRights, with @srenvironment.bsky.social

On #Equity #Sustainability #Transformation under the #BBNJ Agreement: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 13d

Today #WorldMaritimeDay2025, we welcome a historic milestone: the ratification of the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (#BBNJ), which will enter into force in January 2026.
w/ @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social

Press Release: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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GENeva Environment Network @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org · 9d

UN @srenvironment.bsky.social Astrid Puentes stresses that while right to #HealthyEnvironment is often undermined, advancing legal recognition & effective enforcement are priorities, where a key opportunity arises to understand and implement the legal obligations that states have.

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

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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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 13d

Another thing to celebrate is the entry force of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, an important step in global ocean governance. By halting harmful subsidies, this agreement becomes a powerful tool for protecting fisheries

Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 13d

The #BBNJ is a landmark for the protection of the #HighSeas and the deep seabed. We praise the inclusion of the precautionary principle, the recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and the requirement to undergo environmental impact assessments.

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 13d

Today #WorldMaritimeDay2025, we welcome a historic milestone: the ratification of the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (#BBNJ), which will enter into force in January 2026.
w/ @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social

Press Release: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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Lawyers for Lawyers @lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social · 17d

❗REMINDER: Happening today!

L4L and partners are hosting a #HRC60 side event on Environmental #LawyersatRisk and access to climate justice.🌍

Join us in Geneva or online🔗: www.youtube.com/live/-yfmWb7...

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 20d

📢 Appel à contributions | Air Pur 🌳
Afin de mieux comprendre les outils utiles pour inclure les impacts sur la santé dans la gouvernance environnementale de la pollution atmosphérique.

🗓 Échéance: 16 octobre
🔗 www.ohchr.org/fr/calls-for...

Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 20d

☁️📢 Llamado a contribuciones | Aire limpio 🌳
El reporte busca profundizar en herramientas útiles para incluir los impactos en la salud en la gobernanza ambiental de la contaminación del aire.

🗓 Límite: 16 Oct.
🔗 ohchr.org/es/calls-for...

#AireLimpio #CalidadDelAire

Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 20d

📢 Call for Inputs | Clean Air 🌳
ALL INVITED to send your inputs for my 4° report!

With the objective of creating a further understanding of useful tools to include health impacts in environmental air pollution governance.

🗓Deadline: Oct 16th
🔗 www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · 28d

📢 ¡Convocatoria abierta para consultoría!
En el #LabJAC, parte de la Clínica Jurídica Berta Cáceres en la U. Iberoamericana buscamos un/a consultor/a para desarrollar metodologías participativas para documentar casos sobre injusticias climáticas y ambientales.
🔗 Detalles: bit.ly/Consultor-La...

Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · Aug 26

ES/ ¡Un vistazo de la gran jornada de ayer!
EN/ A glimpse of yesterday!

#AdvisoryOpinion #OpinionConsultiva #EmergenciaCLimatica #ClimateJustice #JusticiaClimatica #ICJ #CorteIDH

@unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social @juridicaibero.bsky.social @

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Astrid Puentes, UN Special Rapporteur on Healthy Environment @srenvironment.bsky.social · Aug 25

¡Gracias, gracias! / Thank you!

This was not on purpose, but closing with a panel with women as the majority is a reflection of the environmental leadership!

No fue a propósito, pero cerramos con una mesa de mayoría mujeres, reflejo de liderazgo ambiental.

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