Human Rights and the Environment: HRC52 Information Sharing 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 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 and the human rights to housing and food, are also environment related issues 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 HRC52, including the activities taking place in parallel to the Council’s session, the Geneva Environment Network and its partners are convening an information-sharing session. This event will seek to discuss and share information on planned environment related activities at and around HRC52, such as in person and online events, publications or exhibitions, among others, and exchange on possible synergies. They will feed the GEN page on HRC52 which will provide an updated calendar of these environment related events.

Environment @ HRC52

The 52nd Regular Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC52) is taking place in Geneva and online from 27 February to 4 April 2023. This regularly-updated page highlights the environmental-related activities of this session.

Registration

The event will take place in a hybrid format, at the International Environment House I (Room 3) and online. As most organizations in Geneva return to the office, we encourage you to join us in-person if you can. Register on Webex for online attendance.

Learn more on our event page.