Information
- Submitted by: Key member organizations of the Women's Major Group
- Primary SD area: Biodiversity, Forests and other Ecosystems
- Keywords: To further advance the acknowledgement in the Convention on the Rights of the Child of and to invoke the “Child's Right to Nature and a Healthy Environment”
- Location: Amsterdam
- Date of completion: 5 Jun 2015
- More information
Deliverables & Resources
The Child's Right to Nature and a Healthy Environment
Organization(s) making commitment
EarthCharter Initiative, Terres de Hommes International Federation, IUCN NL, Stand Up For Your Rights
Others to join later
Achievement of Commitment
We will (either through an Additional Protocol or (first) a General Comment) have "The Child's Right to Nature and a Healthy Environment" codified in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. More info see: www.RightToNature.org
How this will be achieved
To realize our commitment, we will jointly ensure
1. That the new UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and Environment will be informed on this initiative as soon as (s)he will be in place and will continuously keep Her/him updated;
2. That we gather of case law and fieldwork,which will be submitted broadl. Sources will include EarthCharter network and IUCN Env. LawCenter - start asap
3. The inviting of the CRC Committee for a Discussion Day - (submit in 9/12 for '13 or '14). Weeks prior to that we will try to organize a Side Event at or before the Human Rights Council's meeting.
4. The acceptance and putting into place of the (already submitted) Resolution at IUCN Int. Conference - (9/12 Annelies Henstra of IUCN NL is going and is already getting and further acquiring internal IUCN support)
5. That we contribute to (and call for) mentioning of this Child's right in UPRs and PRs on CRC globally - start asap
| Deliverables | |
| Deliverable | Date |
| The acceptance and putting into place of the (already submitted) Resolution at IUCN Int. Conference | 2012 |
| That we gather of case law and fieldwork,which will be submitted broadl. Sources will include EarthCharter network and IUCN Env. LawCenter - start asap | 2012 |
| That the new UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and Environment will be informed on this initiative as soon as (s)he will be in place and will continuously keep Her/him updated; | 2012 |
| The inviting of the CRC Committee for a Discussion Day - (submit in 9/12 for '13 or '14). Weeks prior to that we will try to organize a Side Event at or before the Human Rights Council's meeting. | 2013 |
| Resources devoted to delivery | |
| Type | Details |
| In-kind contribution | All mentioned |
| Staff / Technical expertise | All mentioned |
| Other, please specify | network by all, incl. Green Rights Alliance |