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Right to a healthy environment

Progress on human rights, backsliding on justice, and our first climate litigation case: looking back on a whirlwind summer
24 October 2023

Progress on human rights, backsliding on justice, and our first climate litigation case: looking back on a whirlwind summer

With consultations on environmental governance and the Human Rights Bill, as well as our first climate litigation case, life has been busy at ERCS. What are the key takeaways? ...

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20 September 2023

Watch our animation on the right to a healthy environment and take action

Watch our animation and take action to ensure the right is enforceable ...

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1 August 2023

An enforceable right to a healthy environment: Now is the time for Scotland to deliver

We all depend on nature. A healthy environment is fundamental to the right to life, and is integral to addressing the root causes of food and fuel insecurity, health inequalities, and the cost-of-living crisis ...

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4 July 2023

Environmental experts urge the Scottish Government to ‘be bold’ as it prepares to incorporate the right to a healthy environment

A new report backed by experts from across Scotland’s environmental sector has welcomed the Scottish Government’s commitment to incorporating the substantive and procedural elements of the right to a healthy environment in its upcoming Human Rights Bill ...

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22 June 2022

Voice from the Human Rights Lived Experience Board – Ann Coleman

Ann Coleman has been a community and environmental campaigner for over 25 years. We are grateful that she agreed to be on the Human Rights Lived Experience Board to inform the development of the Human Rights (Scotland) Bill ...

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3 June 2022

We have only one earth. Let’s take care of it. Sign the petition!

Sunday 5 June is World Environment Day – to remind us that there are billions of planets in our galaxy but there is #OnlyOneEarth. Let’s take care of it ...

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8 December 2021

Press release: petition for an enforceable human right to a healthy environment launched today

Our petition launched today calls for an enforceable human right to a healthy environment for every person in Scotland...

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Rainbow over a wetland landscape
11 November 2021

Come to the launch of our Call to Action!

We warmly invite you to the launch of our Call to Action and Advocacy Manifesto: A right to a healthy environment that works, Wednesday 8 December 1-1:45pm (online, free). Now more than ever we need a human right to a healthy environment to tackle the climate and nature emergencies. Hear about the legal reforms that are needed and support the launch of our online petition ...

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