Center for International Environmental LawNov 4
The #ASEAN Declaration on the #RightToAHealthyEnvironment, adopted on 26 October, is a landmark for environmental rights in Southeast Asia. 📄 Read it here: asean.org/asean-declar... ASEAN brings global standards into regional focus. This is an important step.

ASEAN Declaration on the Right...
ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

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Without recognizing the #RightToAHealthyEnvironment, the treaty risks failing those most affected by pollution, land grabs & climate breakdown. We can’t afford a weak instrument. #PeopleOverProfit
Show threadCenter for International Environmental LawOct 8
The law is clear. The #ICJ, Inter-American Court, UNGA and HRC have confirmed that: ✅ States must regulate private actors to prevent climate harm ✅“Polluter pays” principle upheld ✅ The #RightToAHealthyEnvironment is universal Yet the LBI draft sidelines this. Civil society demands urgent fixes.
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Matthew RimmerMar 11, 2024
“Businesses are still treating our environment like a free dumping ground for their waste, producing immense volumes of air, water and soil pollution. That massive impact on the environment also has a massive impact on human rights.” In his last report to the Human Rights Council before stepping down, the UN special rapporteur environment expert David Boyd takes big business to task for triggering the climate and environment crisis. https://genevasolutions.news/climate-environment/un-rights-expert-david-boyd-businesses-are-treating-the-environment-like-a-free-dumping-ground #environment #health #humanrights #climate #righttoahealthyenvironment
UN rights expert David Boyd: ‘Businesses are treating the environment like a free dumping ground’ - Geneva Solutions

Over half of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions from 1988 to 2015 can be traced back to some 25 fossil fuel companies, while the richest one per cent spew as much emissions as the poorest 66 per cent. These are some of the findings from the UN’s top expert on human rights and the environment’s latest report to the Human Rights Council. In the document, presented to the Geneva-based body on Wednesday, David Boyd blasts the business sector for pushing the Earth way past its planetary limi

Matthew RimmerFeb 9, 2024
The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: how to make it operational and effective - Justice Brian J Preston
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02646811.2023.2165310
Original speech - https://lec.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/dcj/ctsd/lec/documents/speeches-and-papers/Preston_CJ_-_The_right_to_a_clean,_healthy_and_sustainable_environment_-_how_to_make_it_operational_and_effective.pdf #humanrights #environment #auslaw #auspol #righttoahealthyenvironment
Show threadMatthew RimmerNov 15, 2023
Anjali Sharma, one of the lead litigants in the 2021 class action against then-environment minister Sussan Ley over her duty of care to children regarding climate change impacts, said this was a “massive policy failure”. “Doctors have a duty of care to their patients, teachers have a duty of care to their students and yet there is no policy mechanism that compels our elected representatives to ensure that they exercise their power in a way that means us, as young people, have a safe and liveable world to carry on,” she said on Tuesday. https://inqld.com.au/?p=94171 via @InQldMedia #health #environment #humanrights #auslaw #auspol #righttoahealthyenvironment
Younger generations demand laws to ensure government keeps a healthy environment

Young Australians overwhelmingly want the right to a healthy environment enshrined in law to keep pace with standards overseas.

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Show threadMatthew RimmerNov 15, 2023
Young Australians overwhelmingly want a legal right to a healthy environment https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/young-australians-overwhelmingly-want-a-legal-right-to-a-healthy-environment/nmp0a928o
A study from the Australian Conservation Foundation has found nine out of 10 people aged 13 to 24 want the right to a healthy environment enshrined in law. #health #environment #humanrights #auslaw #auspol #righttoahealthyenvironment
Young Australians overwhelmingly want a legal right to a healthy environment

A study from the Australian Conservation Foundation has found nine out of 10 people aged 13 to 24 want the right to a healthy environment enshrined in law.

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Matthew RimmerNov 14, 2023
Young Australians overwhelmingly want the right to a healthy environment enshrined in law to keep pace with standards overseas. https://au.news.yahoo.com/young-australians-want-healthy-environment-163000581.html via @YahooNewsAU #humanrights #health #environment #righttoahealthyenvironment #climate #auslaw #auspol
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Matthew RimmerAug 21, 2023
Cadia goldmine: EPA begins court proceedings over alleged breach of clean air regulations https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/21/cadia-goldmine-clean-air-regulations-court-epa-nsw Allegations of breach date back to March 2022, while owner Newcrest claims the mine near Orange in NSW is now in compliance with clean air regulations, #cleanair #pollution #health #environment #righttoahealthyenvironment #auspol
Cadia goldmine: EPA begins court proceedings over alleged breach of clean air regulations

Allegations of breach date back to March 2022, while owner Newcrest claims the mine near Orange in NSW is now in compliance with clean air regulations

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