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.

About this event

The Scottish Government has committed to including a human right to a healthy environment in a new Human Rights (Scotland) Bill. Our job now is to make sure that it works in practice. This means our rights need to be enforceable in a court of law.

Hear about the legal reforms that are needed and support the launch of our online petition.

Guest speakers

Mhairi Snowden, Human Rights Consortium Scotland and Clare Symonds, Planning Democracy.

Programme

• Welcome – Dr Shivali Fifield, ERCS Chief Officer

• Why environmental rights matter for all human rights – Mhairi Snowden, Human Rights Consortium Scotland Director

• Why it’s so hard for us to use the law to protect the environment and our health – Clare Symonds, ERCS Trustee and Director of Planning Democracy

• Advocacy Manifesto: A human right to a healthy environment that works – Emilia Hanna, ERCS Advocacy Officer

We hope you can join us!

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The event is free to attend and will be hosted on Zoom.

We want this event to be accessible to everyone. If you have any particular accessibility requirements, please let us know as soon as you can so that we can make any arrangements required. If you require BSL interpretation , please let us know before Tuesday 30th November. Contact sfifield@ercs.scot.

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