United Nations published this video item, entitled “UN Human Rights Prize Winner: The Global Coalition for the Right to a Healthy Environment” – below is their description.
The Global Coalition, comprising over 1,350 organizations and entities from 75 countries, includes civil society organizations, Indigenous Peoples, social movements, and local communities. It advocates for “the universal recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.” The Coalition has been instrumental in achieving the historic recognition of this right. The Human Rights Council acknowledged it on 8 October 2021 through resolution 48/13, which was followed by the General Assembly’s adoption of resolution 76/300 on 28 July 2022. The Coalition is one of the Human Rights Prize winners of 2023.
This prestigious award, established by the General Assembly in 1966 (A/RES/21/2217), was first bestowed in 1968 on what is now celebrated as Human Rights Day, 10 December. It is awarded every five years to honor “outstanding achievements in the field of human rights.”
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