Building on the recent Human Rights Council recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right, this event will offer recommendations for a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework that promotes rights-based action to protect biodiversity, including by safeguarding Indigenous Peoples’ rights and ways of life.
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Speakers:
- Francisco Cali Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
- Annika Strandhäll, Minister for Climate and the Environment of Sweden
- Francis Ogwal, Post-2020 GBF Co-Chair
- Mrinalini Rai, Director Women4Biodiversity
- Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, GEF CEO
- Josefa Tauli, Global Youth Biodiversity Network
- David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
- Mariano Castro, Vice President and Vice-Minister of Environment of Peru
Organized by:
Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action
CIEL
Conservation International
Costa Rica
Earthjustice
Forest Peoples Programme
GANHRI
Human Rights Watch
International Indian Treaty Council
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy
Natural Justice
OHCHR
Peru
Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Slovenia
Swedbio
Sweden
UNDP
UNEP
Universal Rights Group
Women 4 biodiversity
WWF