Call for the Global Recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment
In this time of climate emergency and COVID-19 crisis, we have come together as civil society organizations, social movements, local communities, and Indigenous Peoples to call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to recognize without delay the human right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
The first version of this letter was sent on September 10, 2020, and has been signed by 1,350 organizations so far. It remains open for new signatures.
We respectfully ask you to join with us, support this call, and share it with other organizations that might be interested in joining this call.
Human Rights Council 46th Session
On March 9, 2021, the governments of Costa Rica, Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia, and Switzerland, or the Core Group, delivered a joint statement at the Human Rights Council inviting governments to support the call for the recognition of the right to a healthy environment. Over 60 governments have so far co-sponsored.
On March 10, 2021, The Right to a Healthy Environment Campaign delivered a statement, endorsed by over 20 organizations, at the Human Rights Council supporting the Core Group’s statement.