Sumeyra Arslan
@sumarslan.bsky.social
Child's rights, climate justice and right to a healthy environment at Child's Rights International Network (CRIN) & legal advisor supervisory board at Fossielvrij NL - opinions are mine.
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🥳🎉 “This is a major step forward. It’s a relief to see the Court recognise... that new oil and gas fields threaten our most basic human rights. Requiring governments to assess the global #climate consequences of oil &gas combustion before approving new fossil projects is common sense,& long overdue"
European human rights court sets climate limits for the oil industry - Greenpeace International
Today, The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil and gas before opening new oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf in order ...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🥳🎉 “This is a major step forward. It’s a relief to see the Court recognise... that new oil and gas fields threaten our most basic human rights. Requiring governments to assess the global #climate consequences of oil &gas combustion before approving new fossil projects is common sense,& long overdue"
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An additional protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights is crucial to protect all human rights from environmental degradation.
We cannot wait any longer for the @coe.int to align with the growing international momentum!
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We cannot wait any longer for the @coe.int to align with the growing international momentum!
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October 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
An additional protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights is crucial to protect all human rights from environmental degradation.
We cannot wait any longer for the @coe.int to align with the growing international momentum!
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We cannot wait any longer for the @coe.int to align with the growing international momentum!
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Two years after the @coe.int pledged action on human rights & the environment, it’s time to move past political statements.
At our @pace.coe.int side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment!
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At our @pace.coe.int side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment!
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October 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Two years after the @coe.int pledged action on human rights & the environment, it’s time to move past political statements.
At our @pace.coe.int side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment!
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At our @pace.coe.int side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment!
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At the @pace.coe.int session, MP @saskiakluit.bsky.social asked the @coe.int Secretary General what he will be doing in the near future to promote the right to a healthy environment.
We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!
We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!
Tweede dag van de @pace.coe.int plenaire sessie. Hier stel ik de vraag wat de secretaris-generaal van @coe.int komende tijd zal doen voor het recht op een schone en gezonde leefomgeving. Zijn antwoord was dat klimaatverandering een urgente crisis is en in de Reyckyavick declaratie opgenomen. 1/
October 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
At the @pace.coe.int session, MP @saskiakluit.bsky.social asked the @coe.int Secretary General what he will be doing in the near future to promote the right to a healthy environment.
We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!
We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!
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Tweede dag van de @pace.coe.int plenaire sessie. Hier stel ik de vraag wat de secretaris-generaal van @coe.int komende tijd zal doen voor het recht op een schone en gezonde leefomgeving. Zijn antwoord was dat klimaatverandering een urgente crisis is en in de Reyckyavick declaratie opgenomen. 1/
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Tweede dag van de @pace.coe.int plenaire sessie. Hier stel ik de vraag wat de secretaris-generaal van @coe.int komende tijd zal doen voor het recht op een schone en gezonde leefomgeving. Zijn antwoord was dat klimaatverandering een urgente crisis is en in de Reyckyavick declaratie opgenomen. 1/
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Join our Campaign & MP Aurora Floridia for a @pace.coe.int side event on why the @coe.int's protection of the right to a healthy environment matters!
🎤 Hear from @srenvironment.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social ocial @saskiakluit.bsky.social it.bsky.social @sumarslan.bsky.social & more!
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🎤 Hear from @srenvironment.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social ocial @saskiakluit.bsky.social it.bsky.social @sumarslan.bsky.social & more!
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September 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Join our Campaign & MP Aurora Floridia for a @pace.coe.int side event on why the @coe.int's protection of the right to a healthy environment matters!
🎤 Hear from @srenvironment.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social ocial @saskiakluit.bsky.social it.bsky.social @sumarslan.bsky.social & more!
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🎤 Hear from @srenvironment.bsky.social @duycks.bsky.social ocial @saskiakluit.bsky.social it.bsky.social @sumarslan.bsky.social & more!
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Last June, Italian MP & @pace.coe.int member Aurora Floridia asked a critical question to the @coe.int Committee of Ministers:
❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment?
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❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment?
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September 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Last June, Italian MP & @pace.coe.int member Aurora Floridia asked a critical question to the @coe.int Committee of Ministers:
❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment?
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❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment?
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Today's announcement by Colombia to host an international conference on phasing out fossil fuels could not be more timely. Following the #ICJAO, it's clear that international cooperation to transition away from fossil fuels is necessary.
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Colombia Announces 1st International Phase-Out Conference — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
Colombia has announced its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The landmark conference will provide a global platform for countries to coop...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today's announcement by Colombia to host an international conference on phasing out fossil fuels could not be more timely. Following the #ICJAO, it's clear that international cooperation to transition away from fossil fuels is necessary.
fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-co...
fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-co...
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⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 happening now: #ClimateLitigation court hearing in Zug, Switzerland 🇨🇭, in 𝐴𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑣. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑚.
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
September 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 happening now: #ClimateLitigation court hearing in Zug, Switzerland 🇨🇭, in 𝐴𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝑣. 𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑐𝑖𝑚.
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
This civil law case seeks to hold one of the largest carbon major accountable for climate harms.
🧵 live reporting from the Court house, with summary of legal arguments and key elements of context👇
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Tussen 240.000 en 300.000 doden in Gaza sinds 7 okt 2023.
De rode lijn is al zover overschreden dat ze volledig uit het zicht verdwenen is. En onze regering is, door haar inactie en geneuzel, medeplichtig
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De rode lijn is al zover overschreden dat ze volledig uit het zicht verdwenen is. En onze regering is, door haar inactie en geneuzel, medeplichtig
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Experts twijfelen aan cijfers: 'Dodental Gaza niet overdreven, maar juist onderschat'
Het werkelijke dodental in Gaza als gevolg van de oorlog tussen Israël en Hamas 'ligt veel hoger dan gerapporteerd'. Dat zeggen onderzoekers in een publicatie in het onafhankelijke medisch-wetenschapp...
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August 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Tussen 240.000 en 300.000 doden in Gaza sinds 7 okt 2023.
De rode lijn is al zover overschreden dat ze volledig uit het zicht verdwenen is. En onze regering is, door haar inactie en geneuzel, medeplichtig
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buite...
De rode lijn is al zover overschreden dat ze volledig uit het zicht verdwenen is. En onze regering is, door haar inactie en geneuzel, medeplichtig
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buite...
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⚠ Brazil | The environmental licensing bill already approved by both Brazilian chambers and awaiting presidential approval is contrary to recent decisions expressed in advisory opinions on the climate emergency by the IDH Court and the ICJ.
PR: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
PR: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
July 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
⚠ Brazil | The environmental licensing bill already approved by both Brazilian chambers and awaiting presidential approval is contrary to recent decisions expressed in advisory opinions on the climate emergency by the IDH Court and the ICJ.
PR: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
PR: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
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Landmark ruling in Belgium!
Today, a Brussels court ruled that the Flemish government must block transit to Israel of all goods that can be used in military equipment, citing Israel's breaches of int'l law.
There can be no business as usual with a country committing genocide.
Today, a Brussels court ruled that the Flemish government must block transit to Israel of all goods that can be used in military equipment, citing Israel's breaches of int'l law.
There can be no business as usual with a country committing genocide.
July 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Landmark ruling in Belgium!
Today, a Brussels court ruled that the Flemish government must block transit to Israel of all goods that can be used in military equipment, citing Israel's breaches of int'l law.
There can be no business as usual with a country committing genocide.
Today, a Brussels court ruled that the Flemish government must block transit to Israel of all goods that can be used in military equipment, citing Israel's breaches of int'l law.
There can be no business as usual with a country committing genocide.
📢New piece alert! Read Child's Rights International Network's take on #SB62 and what must happen at #COP30 on JTWP and NDCs, using the Advisory Opinion of the IACtHR and the right to a healthy environment as a normative background for the negotiations: home.crin.org/readlistenwa...
After three decades of climate talks, can COP30 bring the change we need? — CRIN
Before COP30 in November, CRIN is critically reviewing the Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP) and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of States: two initiatives aimed at enhancing the im...
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July 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
📢New piece alert! Read Child's Rights International Network's take on #SB62 and what must happen at #COP30 on JTWP and NDCs, using the Advisory Opinion of the IACtHR and the right to a healthy environment as a normative background for the negotiations: home.crin.org/readlistenwa...
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Uhm yes, LNG is bad for the climate:
Requires specially equipped trucks or cargo ships
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Releases huge quantities of methane and carbon dioxide during extraction, processing, transportation and storage
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Has a 67% larger carbon footprint than pipeline gas
🟰 big environmental impact
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Requires specially equipped trucks or cargo ships
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Releases huge quantities of methane and carbon dioxide during extraction, processing, transportation and storage
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Has a 67% larger carbon footprint than pipeline gas
🟰 big environmental impact
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EU now imports more LNG than pipeline gas: Is it bad for the climate?
The EU is ramping up LNG imports to make up for the lack of Russian pipeline gas reaching the bloc. What's the environmental and financial cost? #EuropeInMotion
www.euronews.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Uhm yes, LNG is bad for the climate:
Requires specially equipped trucks or cargo ships
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Releases huge quantities of methane and carbon dioxide during extraction, processing, transportation and storage
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Has a 67% larger carbon footprint than pipeline gas
🟰 big environmental impact
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Requires specially equipped trucks or cargo ships
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Releases huge quantities of methane and carbon dioxide during extraction, processing, transportation and storage
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Has a 67% larger carbon footprint than pipeline gas
🟰 big environmental impact
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🎉! De Tweede Kamer heeft 't budget voor #vrouwenrechten & #gendergelijkheid hersteld. Dank @daniellehirsch.bsky.social, @riadekorte.bsky.social, Sarah Dobbe, Mpanzu Bamenga, @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org e.a. die lieten zien: handen af van vrouwen- & LHBTQI+ rechten! www.wo-men.nl/nieuwsberich...
Politieke partijen laten zien: handen af van vrouwenrechten en LHBTQI-rechten!
In de begroting van Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking staat een relatief klein artikel van grote waarde: Artikel 3.2: voor vrouwenrechten en gendergelijkheid. Dit artikel stelt ...
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July 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🎉! De Tweede Kamer heeft 't budget voor #vrouwenrechten & #gendergelijkheid hersteld. Dank @daniellehirsch.bsky.social, @riadekorte.bsky.social, Sarah Dobbe, Mpanzu Bamenga, @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org e.a. die lieten zien: handen af van vrouwen- & LHBTQI+ rechten! www.wo-men.nl/nieuwsberich...
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The #GENetwork is at the annual panel discussion on the adverse impacts of #ClimateChange on #HumanRights, focusing this year on facilitating just transitions that are fair, inclusive and rights-based.
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June 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The #GENetwork is at the annual panel discussion on the adverse impacts of #ClimateChange on #HumanRights, focusing this year on facilitating just transitions that are fair, inclusive and rights-based.
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Watch live now: a debate on the European Court of Human Rights, with the participation of its President:
youtube.com/watch?v=GWN5...
MPs from the 46 @coe.int nations bound by the #ECHR react to the recent call by nine prime ministers for reflection on the Court's migration rulings.
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MPs from the 46 @coe.int nations bound by the #ECHR react to the recent call by nine prime ministers for reflection on the Court's migration rulings.
PACE summer session 2025 – 21st sitting – 24 June
YouTube video by PACE TV
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June 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Watch live now: a debate on the European Court of Human Rights, with the participation of its President:
youtube.com/watch?v=GWN5...
MPs from the 46 @coe.int nations bound by the #ECHR react to the recent call by nine prime ministers for reflection on the Court's migration rulings.
youtube.com/watch?v=GWN5...
MPs from the 46 @coe.int nations bound by the #ECHR react to the recent call by nine prime ministers for reflection on the Court's migration rulings.
For the second time alongside hundreds of thousands, the Dutch have drawn the red line the 🇳🇱government refuses to. Enough is enough. No more death. No more suffering. End the occupation. Stop supporting Israel and free Palestine🇵🇸✊
June 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
For the second time alongside hundreds of thousands, the Dutch have drawn the red line the 🇳🇱government refuses to. Enough is enough. No more death. No more suffering. End the occupation. Stop supporting Israel and free Palestine🇵🇸✊
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Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid #Climate
Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid
Climate minister says greenlighting North West Shelf project until 2070 is not the leadership Pacific countries expect as Australia seeks to host climate summit
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making Cop31 bid #Climate
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🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
May 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE.
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms.
🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇
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Samen met 100.000 anderen trokken wij gisteren een rode lijn. In Den Haag én tijdens het klimaatweekend. Wij eisen dat onze regering gaat staan voor het internationaal recht en dat ze luistert naar de meerderheid van NL. Stop de genocide en stop met het wegkijken van deze gruwelijke oorlogsmisdaden.
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Samen met 100.000 anderen trokken wij gisteren een rode lijn. In Den Haag én tijdens het klimaatweekend. Wij eisen dat onze regering gaat staan voor het internationaal recht en dat ze luistert naar de meerderheid van NL. Stop de genocide en stop met het wegkijken van deze gruwelijke oorlogsmisdaden.
100.000 man in Den Haag om de rode lijn te trekken die de regering niet wil trekken over de oorlogsmisdaden van Israel jegens Palestina. In een historische demonstratie heeft Nederland het duidelijk gemaakt: tot hier en niet verder.
May 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
100.000 man in Den Haag om de rode lijn te trekken die de regering niet wil trekken over de oorlogsmisdaden van Israel jegens Palestina. In een historische demonstratie heeft Nederland het duidelijk gemaakt: tot hier en niet verder.
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Celebrating the @coe.int foundation 76th Anniversary should be honored by starting the negotiations for a binding protocol to protect the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment for all Europeans.
#HealthyEnvironment
#HealthyEnvironment
May 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Celebrating the @coe.int foundation 76th Anniversary should be honored by starting the negotiations for a binding protocol to protect the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment for all Europeans.
#HealthyEnvironment
#HealthyEnvironment
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The @coe.int is discussing whether to legally recognise the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.
At a Dutch Parliament debate next week, MPs can demand a strong position from the government - one standing for unity among European countries when protecting the environment!
At a Dutch Parliament debate next week, MPs can demand a strong position from the government - one standing for unity among European countries when protecting the environment!
April 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The @coe.int is discussing whether to legally recognise the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll.
At a Dutch Parliament debate next week, MPs can demand a strong position from the government - one standing for unity among European countries when protecting the environment!
At a Dutch Parliament debate next week, MPs can demand a strong position from the government - one standing for unity among European countries when protecting the environment!