Actividades

2021

23 de febrero, Ginebra, Suiza
Evento: The case for universal recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

2 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
 Evento: "The Global Water Crisis: Identifying and Implementing Rights-based Solutions"

3-4 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue – The global water crisis and human rights
Read the Report Summary
Watch the Video Teaser and full video

2020

28 de abril de 2020
Open Letter to UNESCO: The imperative of a uniform and concerted effort to protect World Heritage Sites

6 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] International Women’s Day - 8 March 2020
“The time to act is now” – UN experts urge men and boys to become women’s rights defenders

2 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
UN Human Rights Council Interactive Dialogue – Good practices on the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (video)

2019

Diciembre, Madrid, España
25th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) in Madrid

Amicus Curie on the case of Friends of the Irish Environment CLG v. The Government of Ireland (PDF)

24 de octubre, Nueva York, USA
UN General Assembly Interactive Dialogue – Safe Climate (video)

10 de octubre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] International Day of the Girl Child, 11 October 2019 Agents for change: Girls take up the fight for a better world

23 de septiembre, Oslo, Noruega
[Press release] Norway must resolve climate change and human rights paradox, UN expert says

23 de septiembre, Oslo, Noruega
Statement of United Nations Special Rapporteur David R. Boyd on the conclusion of his mission to Norway

17 de septiembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] United Nations Climate Action Summit New York, 23 September 2019

25 de junio, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Failing to protect biodiversity can be a human rights violation

3 de junio, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] World Environment Day

6 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC40 Side-event on Clean Air (flyer)

4 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC40 Interactive Dialogue: Click here for the statement and here for video

25 de abril, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN human rights experts welcome EU agreement on sustainable investment disclosure

1 de abril, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN experts call for solidarity with people affected by Africa cyclone

22 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN human rights experts applaud children fighting climate change

4 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Air pollution: The Silent killer that claims 7 million lives each year

30 de enero, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Brazil: UN experts call for probe into deadly dam collapse

2018

19 de diciembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Guatemala: Un experts concerned indigenous leader convicted in retaliation for opposition to Oxec hydro project

17 de diciembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Fiji should step up action to protect human rights from environmental risks, UN expert says

17 de diciembre, Suva, Fiji
Statement of United Nations Special Rapporteur David R. Boyd on the conclusion of his mission to Fiji

13 de diciembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Poland: UN experts condemn measures to stop human rights defenders join climate talks

7 de diciembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Honduras: Masterminds of Berta Cáceres killing still at large, say UN experts

6 de diciembre, Katowice, Polonia
24th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, Joint statement of the United Nations Special Procedures Mandate Holders

5 de diciembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Fiji: UN expert to asses environmental impact on human rights

4 de diciembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN experts urge more action on inequalities that threaten peace and security, development, and human rights

25 de octubre, Ginebra, Suiza
Statement on the case Friends of the Irish Environment CLG v. the Government of Ireland

25 de octubre, Ginebra, Suiza
GA 73 Statement by David R. Boyd, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment

25 de octubre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Environmental hazards kill 8 million a year: UN expert urges global recognition of the human right to a healthy environment

8 de octubre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Climate change: Act now or pay a high price, says UN expert

13 de septiembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN experts urge prompt ratification of landmark Latin America and Caribbean environment treaty

31 de junio, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Bangladesh: Tigers’ Sundarbans Forest habitat threatened by heedless industrialisation, says UN expert

1 de junio, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] World Environment Day – 5 June 2018

30 de mayo, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN experts urge Kenya to protect environmental defenders

7 de mayo, Ginebra, Suiza 
[Press release] UN experts urge Poland to ensure free and full participation at climate talks

9 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC37, Resolution 37/8 renewing the mandate and appointing David R. Boyd as Special Rapporteur

6 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC37 Side-event on “Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment” [flyer]

5 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC37 Interactive Dialogue: Click here for the statement and here for video [12]

5 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN expert calls for global recognition of the right to safe and healthy environment

2 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC37 Side-event on “Children’s Rights and the Environment” [flyer]

23 de febrero, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Iran: Spying charges against wildlife activists “hard to fathom”, say UN experts

23 de febrero, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Viet Nam: UN rights experts urge release of activists jailed for protesting toxic spill

15 de enero, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Indigenous rights must be respected during Kenya climate change project, say UN experts

2017

24-28 de abril, Uruguay [country visit]

9 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC34 Side-event on “The Interdependence of Human Rights and Biodiversity” [Programme]

9 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
Geneva Environment Network meeting – Biodiversity and Human Rights: Discussion on the Special Rapporteur’ new report on biodiversity and human rights [Invitation]

8 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN rights experts condemn Viet Nam for incommunicado detention of blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’

8 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC34 Interactive Dialogue: click here for statement and video

4 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC34 Side-event on “Environmental Human Rights Defenders: Responding to a Global Crisis” [Programme]

1 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] States must fulfil human rights obligations in protecting biodiversity, UN expert urges

24 de febrero, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN rights expert urges Kenya to protect four environmental defenders whose lives are under threat

23 de febrero, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Toxic air pollution: UN rights experts urge tighter rules to combat “invisible threat”

2016

8-12 de diciembre, Cancún, México
Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity [CBD]

30 de diciembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] UN experts condemn string of Ecuador clampdowns on human rights organizations

2 de diciembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Development agenda at risk unless States honour political and financial commitments, UN experts warn

15 de noviembre, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] Native Americans facing excessive force in North Dakota pipeline protests – UN expert

23 de septiembre, Ginebra, Suiza
Committee on the Rights of the Child, Day of General Discussion on children's rights and the environment [Statement]

22 de septiembre, Ginebra, Suiza
Public consultation on biodiversity on human rights [Concept Note]

22 de septiembre, Ginebra, Suiza
"How can human rights contribute to the protection of the environment?", organized by the Geneva Environment Network meeting [Invitation]

20-21 de septiembre, Ginebra, Suiza
Expert consultation on biodiversity and human rights [Concept Note]

1-5 de septiembre de 2016, Honolulu, USA
International Union for Conservation of Nature [IUCN] World Conservation Congress

- Local and Global Leaders’ Dialogue, organized by UNDP Equator Initiative
- Leave no one behind: Conservation, Rights and Sustainable Development, organized by IUCN
- “Knowledge Café: Towards a rights-based approach to protect the environment in international development
- Keynote address – “Judges and Nature”, organized by IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law [WCEL], the Hawaii Supreme Court, UNEP and partners
- WCC Workshop: Strengthening responsibility and accountability of the private sector and the state for ecosystem degradation and the disruptive impacts on human rights and economic and social justice, organized by IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy [CEESP]

29 de agosto, Ginebra, Suiza
Press Release - "IUCN World Conservation Congress - 'Make human rights the priority in all conservation efforts' – UN experts urge governments"

27 de junio de 2016, Montevideo, Uruguay
”Human Rights and Environment Advances and challenges for sustainable development”.  [Programme]

24 de junio de 2016, Londres, UK 
“Climate change – the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century” organized by the University College London and Unicef UK

5 de junio, Ginebra, Suiza
The Guardian - ‘Protecting those who work to defend the environment is a human rights issue’

2 de junio, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] For World Environment Day – Sunday 5 June   “A deadly undertaking” – UN experts urge all Governments to protect environmental rights defenders

13 de mayo, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release] “No time for complacency” – UN rights expert says as the Paris Agreement faces its first key test.

3 de mayo, Ginebra, Suiza
Letter from the Special Rapporteur to Paris Convention’s Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice [SBSTA]: Human Rights and Safeguards in the New Climate Mechanism established in Article 6, paragraph 4 of the Paris Agreement

21 de abril, Ginebra, Suiza
[Press release]  Climate change: UN expert welcomes historic Paris Agreement but calls on States to scale up efforts to meet the 1.5 °C target

12-15 de abril de 2016, Potchefstroom, Sudáfrica
Symposium and judicial workshop: “New Frontiers in Global Environmental Constitutionalism” at North-West organized by the Special Rapporteur together with partners from North-West University, Widener University in the United States, and the United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP]. [Programme]

4 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC31 side-event on "Implementation of human rights obligations relating to the environment" [Programme]

4 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC31 side-event on “Procedural Rights and the Environment: the Principle 10 Negotiations in Latin America and the Caribbean” [Programme]

4 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
Geneva Pledge meeting organized by the Mary Robinson Foundation and the Permanent Mission of Switzerland “The Geneva Pledge for Human Rights in Climate Action: A Dialogue on Climate Justice after COP21 and the way forward.”

3 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
HRC31 side-event on “Climate Change and the Right to Health” [Programme]

2 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
Brown-bag lunch seminar at World Wildlife Fund [WWF]

29 de febrero y 1 de marzo 2016, Bonn, Alemania
Meetings with the Secretariat of UNFCCC

2015

10 de diciembre de 2015, París, Franciae
Human rights informed climate action: Paris and beyond [Briefing paper]

7 de diciembre de 2015, París, Francia
IBA conference - COP21: Climate Change Related Disputes: A Role for International Arbitration and ADR ICC [Program]

4 de diciembre de 2015, París, Francia
Realising Human Rights and Climate Change on the inauguration of Climate Law and Governance Day [Program]

28 de octubre de 2015, Ginebra, Suiza
Public Meeting on the Implementation of Human Rights Obligations relating to the Environment  [Concept Note]

26– 27 de octubre, Ginebra, Suiza
Expert Consultation on the Implementation of Human Rights Obligations relating to the Environment  [Concept Note]

26 de octubre, Ginebra, Suiza
Event organized by GEN “Climate change, cross-border displacement and human rights:, is there a protection gap and will COP21 help close it” [Program]

22 de octubre de 2015
Joint Statement and Press Release by UN Special Procedures on Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean [ECLAC] negotiation of a regional instrument on environmental democracy

26-27 de septiembre de 2015, Mandalay, Myanmar
Workshop on the Implementation of Human Rights Obligations relating to the Environment and Climate Change, organised by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN] Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights

8 de junio de 2015, Bonn, Alemania
Side-event at the margins of the Bonn Climate Change Conference on “advancing human rights in the Paris Agreement,” co-sponsored by the Center for International Environmental Law [CIEL] and the World Council of Churches

5 de junio de 2015
Joint statement by UN Special Procedures on the occasion of World Environment Day

4 de mayo de 2015, United Nations Radio Interview
Titled “Incremental increases in global warming can impact human rights” [Listen]

30 de abril de 2015
Report entitled “The Effects of Climate Change on the Full Enjoyment of Human Rights”, submitted to the Climate Vulnerable Forum in response to the invitation of its chair, the Philippines

26 – 27 de marzo de 2015, Carolina del Norte, USA
Interdisciplinary conference on “the human face of environmental inequality” [Program]

6 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
Human Rights Council Panel discussion on climate change and human rights [Concept note, Summary]

2014

6 de noviembre de 2014, Santiago, Chile
Fourth meeting of the focal points appointed by the Government of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Independent Expert delivered a statement "The Development of Environmental Human Rights"

17 de julio de 2014, Ginebra Suiza
Public consultation on the relationship between human rights obligations and environmental protection, with a focus on climate change [concept note]

15-16 de julio de 2014, Chamonix, Francia
Expert consultation on the relationship between human rights obligations and environmental protection, with a focus on climate change, convened by the Independent Expert, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and OHCHR [concept note, programme]

22 de mayo de 2014, Bangkok, Tailandia
Regional Consultation on Environmental Human Rights Defenders and Good Practices with a Focus on Asia, convened by the Independent Expert, UNEP and OHCHR [concept note]

20-21 de mayo de 2014, Bangkok, Tailandia
Interaction between Environmental Sustainability and a Human Rights-Based Approach, organized by the Embassy of Sweden
The Independent Expert delivered a presentation on "Human rights and environmental protection"

22 de abril de 2014
The Independent Expert published an article entitled “The emerging law of environmental human rights is clearer than ever before”.

11 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
Side Event on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations
The Independent Expert delivered a statement “Transnational Corporations and Environmental Harm”.

11 de marzo, Ginebra, Suiza
Human Rights Council 25th Session
The Independent Expert presented his report to the Council [for more details, click here].

22-23 de enero de 2014, Johannesburg, Sudáfrica
Expert Consultation on Constitutional Environmental Rights, convened by the Independent Expert, UNEP and OHCHR [programme] [consultation report]

2013

12 de diciembre 2013, Nueva York, USA
Side Event at the 6th Session of the Open-ended Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals: A transformative post-2015 human rights vision requires innovative linkages with environmental issues
The Independent Expert delivered a statement “The Human Rights Basis for the Environmental Pillar”

30-31 de octubre 2013, Lima, Perú
Third meeting of the focal points appointed by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and development in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Independent Expert delivered a statement “Access Rights as Human Rights”

24 de octubre 2013, Copenhagen, Dinamarca
Consultation on the Relation between Environmental Protection and Human Rights Obligations, convened by the Independent Expert, OHCHR in collaboration with the Danish Institute of Human Rights and the Asia-Europe Foundation [concept note and programme]

21 - 23 de octubre de 2013, Copenhagen, Dinamarca
Asia-Europe Seminar on Human Rights and the Environment
The Independent Expert delivered a statement “Human Rights and the Environment: Carrying the Conversation Forward”. [Click here to assess full report of the meeting]

28 de julio –1 de agosto 2013, Costa Rica
The Independent Expert undertook a county mission to Costa Rica [for more details, click here].

26-27 de julio de 2013, Panamá
Regional Consultation on the Relation between Environmental Protection and Vulnerable Groups, convened by the Independent Expert, OHCHR and UNEP [programme, consultation report]

21-22 de junio de 2013, Ginebra, Suiza
Consultation on the Relation between Environmental Protection and Substantive Human Rights as well as Extraterritorial Obligations, convened by the Independent Expert and OHCHR [concept note and programme]

7 de marzo de 2013, Ginebra, Suiza
Human Rights Council 22nd Session
The Independent Expert presented his report to the Council [for more details, click here].

22-23 de febrero de 2013, Nairobi, Kenya
Expert Consultation on Procedural Rights and Obligations, convened by the Independent Expert, OHCHR and UNEP [programme, consultation report]

18-20 de febrero de 2013, Nairobi, Kenya
Global Ministerial Environment Forum, Rio +20: From Outcome to Implementation
The Independent Expert made an intervention “The Role of Human Rights in the Follow-up to Rio+20”