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Open letter to First Minister on the right to a healthy environment

Publication Date
July 2024
Type
  • Correspondence
Topic
  • Right to a healthy environment
Synopsis

Letter to First Minister urging for the inclusion of a Human Rights Bill together with an enforceable right to a healthy environment in the 2024-5 Programme for Government, signed by over sixty environmental and human rights organisations.

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