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Towards a European Forum for Environmental Human Rights Defenders

On October 8, 2024, a pivotal meeting took place at the UN House in Brussels, bringing together over 80 stakeholders, including representatives from civil society, national human rights institutions (NHRIs), academia, and international organizations, to discuss challenges and ways forward to better support and protect Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs) in wider Europe.

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The United Nations Human Rights Regional Office for Europe’s (ROE) primary function is to advance human rights in the European Union (EU) through technical assistance, advocacy, and reporting on human rights, based on the recommendations of UN human rights mechanisms. the Regional Office works to address human rights gaps in EU legislation, budgeting and policy-making, seizing the impetus created by the Sustainable Development Agenda. In addition, the Regional Office strives for the integration of a human rights-based approach in EU external action, migration policies and development cooperation. The Office further fulfils an outreach, liaison and good offices role between the UN Human Rights Office globally and the EU institutions.

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