23 September 2016, CRC Committee Day of General Discussion on Children's Rights and the Environment

By IDA

 - September 23, 2016

Children expressing their views on their rights in relation to the environment

 

The CRC Committee is holding its day of general discussion on children's rights and the environment now in Palais des Nations, Geneva.  The programme of the DGD is available at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CRC/Discussions/2016/DGD2016_Programme.docx  

You can follow live at:

Plenary and Working Group 1

morning & afternoon: Children’s exposure to environmental toxicants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UEgiiCSdBk

Working Group 2

morning: Children and the effects of environmental degradation - children’s rights and climate change
afternoon: Children and the effects of environmental degradation - Children’s rights and the degradation of ecosystems, loss of biodiversity and lack of access to natural resources (nature)

 

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-5Ablf9Bet9_lf-fw0Nug/live

To read more about the DGD including an outline, written contributions by NGOs and other stakeholders, please visit http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/Discussion2016.aspx

Day of General Discussion on Children's Rights and the Environment program (English, docx, 1.68 MB)

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