Happy to present my priorities as the #AarhusConvention Special Rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders at today’s meeting with Aarhus National Focal Points, defenders.Inspiring Q&A shows high expectations for this #protection mechanism. I look forward to making it fully effective.

🇺🇳United Nations Special Rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders Michel Forst presents his vision for mandate to protect them under the UNECE #AarhusConvention, in face of significant risks of penalisation, persecution, harassment & even killings ➡️ unece.org/climate-change… #HumanRights

Legal internship with Aarhus Convention secretariat, 1 June – 30 September 2023 Deadline for applications 24 April 2023 careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.…

#AarhusConventionsecretariat is seeking an outstanding Legal Officer to assist the ground-breaking Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, application deadline 26 May 2023 careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.… UNECE #EnvironmentalRights #HumanRights

#AarhusConvention Compliance Committee holds open session to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Aarhus Convention #UNECE #EnvironmentalDemocracy #EnvironmentalRights #HumanRights

📢 Legal internship: Work with the Aarhus Convention, its Compliance Committee and the Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders (January-March 2024) 👉unece.org/AarhusConventi…

Training underway to boost #environmentaldemocracy in the #Mediterranean region by strengthening implementation capacity of public authorities, country experts and NGOs on the main pillars of the #AarhusConvention. tinyurl.com/muw5e4dk

#Malta 🇲🇹shares its experience in making environmental information accessible to the public with other Mediterranean countries interested in acceding to the #AarhusConvention Learn more: era.org.mt/#e-Tools

To promote #environmentaldemocracy in the Mediterranean region by joining & putting into action the #AarhusConvention, Bosnia & Herzegovina #BiH shares how the public participates in decision making on urban development

In #Montenegro, #environmentaldemocracy is enshrined in the Constitution. During training for #Mediterranean region, Montenegro 🇲🇪shares how the country implemented access to justice under the #AarhusConvention

The Aarhus community has lost a leading light & great champion with the sad passing of Michael Ewing, who worked tirelessly and achieved so much for #environmentaldemocracy & #Aarhusrights. Our sincere thoughts are with his family. bit.ly/3uNsHbp bit.ly/3SZl386

Roundtable on Living Modified Organisms/Genetically Modified Organisms brings together Parties & stakeholders of #AarhusConvention & #CartagenaProtocol to build capacities to promote public awareness, education, access to information, #publicparticipation & access to justice

4th #AarhusConvention/#CartagenaProtocol GMO/LMO Roundtable features a training session on procedures & practice on access to #justice. Representatives of judiciary, judicial training institutions & other independent review bodies are welcome to join 👉unece.org/info/Environme…

#UNEA6 stresses the importance of cooperation with #MEAs. #Lithuania highlights how the #UNECE #AarhusConvention can ensure effective #publicparticipation in MEAs and other international treaties.

The Protocol on #PRTRs covers mandatory reporting related to #pollution to ensure #accesstoinformation. It directly aligns with obligations under other #MEAs. #UNECE #UNEA6

The Protocol on #PRTRs covers mandatory reporting related to #pollution to ensure #accesstoinformation. It directly aligns with obligations under other #MEAs. #UNECE #UNEA6

🚀Exciting for the child advocates Vesa & Nikola from 🇦🇱 to meet with United Nations experts from UN Human Rights and UNECEAarhus! 🌏👏 They discussed 👉 Importance of #ChildParticipation in UN processes 👉 #ChildRights mainstreaming 👉 Need for child-friendly versions of 🇺🇳 documentation

Marcos A Orellana UN Special Procedures U.S. Mission Geneva Misión de México en Ginebra UNECEAarhus OECD Environment Jindřich Petrlík Arnika Earthjustice YvesLador Highlighting key experiences from implementing the UNECEAarhus PRTR protocols, Kristof Douçot underlines that by sharing info on pollutants, PRTRs raise public awareness about major sources of threats to #health & #environment, and enable the public to actively participate.

#Ukraine ratifies UNECE #AarhusConvention amendment on #GMOs, prompting its entry into force unece.org/media/press/39…

#UNECE #AarhusConvention secretariat releases Digest of Compliance Committee's Findings and Advice: tinyurl.com/mnm3rbvh