Right to a Healthy Environment Webinar

On 17 October 2024, the Human Rights Law Centre and Whitlam Institute at Western Sydney University co-hosted a webinar on the Right to a Healthy Environment.

The webinar unpacked what the right to a healthy environment is, what the current issues facing biodiversity and climate are, how they will disproportionately impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and what difference a right to a healthy environment in an Australian Human Rights Act can make. 

You can watch a recording of the webinar through this link or by clicking on the image below.

Speakers:

• Amy Gordon, Chief Campaigns Officer at GetUp 

• Melanie Montalban, Special Counsel Pasifik Program at Environmental Defenders Office 

• Adam Beeson, General Counsel at Australian Conservation Foundation 

• Jack McLean, Senior Lawyer at Human Rights Law Centre 

Moderated by Professor Azadeh Dastyari, Research and Policy Director of the Whitlam Institute at Western Sydney University. 

You can also find out more about the right to a healthy environment and a Human Rights Act with this factsheet.