The UN recently declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment. The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on July 28, 2022, to declare the ability to live in “a clean, healthy and sustainable environment” a universal human right. The human right to waterVoluntary human rights declarations can also be instrumental in changing state policy and providing people with new political tools to demand better conditions. The human right to water is one of the strongest examples of how U.N. resolutions have been used to shape state policy. Enxet and Sanapaná Indigenous peoples of Paraguay protest in 2015 to demand land restitution and protection of their human rights.

Source: Libya Today August 07, 2022 23:42 UTC