World Heritage and the Human Right to a Healthy Environment

In the leadup to the 50^th anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, the UNESCO Chair in International Law and Cultural Heritage with partners from the Our World Heritage initiative, Claudia Liuzza (Duke) and Lynn Meskell (UPenn) are hosting a series of webinars on the theme of World Heritage and Human Rights.

This webinar on the right to a healthy environment and world heritage is coordinated by Claudia Liuzza, Rethinking Diplomacy Fellow, Duke Center for International and Global Studies. Advocates from citizens movements to protect the Sundarbans of Bangladesh and the Lamu region of Kenya, as well as advocates to UN Human Rights systems, will present case studies and recommendations on how the World Heritage Committee, Advisory Bodies, Secretariat, and State Parties can better protect the human right to a healthy environment in and around natural and cultural World Heritage sites.

The panellists include:
Sharif Jamil and Sajed Kamal, National Committee for Saving the Sundarbans, Bangladesh
Mohamed Athman and Khadija Shekuwe, Save Lamu, Kenya
Yves Lador, permanent representative of Earthjustice to the United Nations in Geneva

Moderator: 
Jessica Lawrence, Staff Scientist, Earthjustice