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 Geneva Rights and Environment Talk will highlight the impacts caused by marine pollution on human rights, including the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. It will emphasize the obligation of States to prevent environmental harm and the resulting human rights violations, including regulating, controlling and monitoring pollution, undertaking environmental impact assessments and upholding the precautionary principle.
