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It initially had a ten-year model from its creation in c.2018 but it was drawn to a close after its first five years. [1] Morgera has argued that human rights can be the key to her work. In March 2024 she was chosen from 50 applicants [ 5 ] to succeed Ian Fry as the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the ...
Orellana advises civil society organisations worldwide on environmental law and climate justice issues. He was also legal advisor to the President of the 25th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. [2] Since 2020, he has been the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights. [3]
Call for Recognition of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment, co-authored with John Knox, former Special Rapporteur on human rights and environment, General Assembly, 2018, A/73/188 [13] The Right to Breathe Clean Air, Human Rights Council, 2019, A/HRC/40/55. A Safe Climate, General Assembly, 2019, UN Doc. A/74/161 (25 pp.) Annex.
Special rapporteur (or independent expert) is the title given to independent human rights experts whose expertise is called upon by the United Nations (UN) to report or advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific perspective.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar; United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Guarantees of non-Recurrence
Map of the global RCE network. The Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development; abbreviated RCE is a global network of 190 institutional networks acknowledged by the United Nations University (UNU) which focus on the development and practices of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in local regions across the world.
In human rights law, Alston has held a range of senior UN appointments for over two decades, including United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, a position he held from August 2004 to July 2010, and UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights from 2014-2020. [1]
On December 9, 2008, the United Nations released a statement by Falk in his official capacity as "Special Rapporteur" that noted that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, among other top officials, have expressed concern for the ...