On the sidelines of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council, the Geneva Rights and Environment Talks aimed to harness the opportunity of this moment of the year to reflect on the challenges posed by the rapid decline of nature and biodiversity, and on how Geneva contributes to bringing together the actors working towards ensuring the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is upheld for all. This session launches the second series of the Geneva Rights and Environment Talks.
Ahead of the upcoming third UN Ocean Conference taking place in June in Nice, France, this Geneva Rights and Environment Talk aims to answer whether marine protected areas are sufficient to ensure the protection of the ocean biome, and all the fundamental rights associated with it. It aims to investigate whether MPAs and OECMs have been established in accordance with international human rights law. The talk aims to highlight that an ecosystem-based approach offers a path for implementing them in a holistic, coordinated and collaborative way that takes account of the relationship between the ocean and human rights.
