Children's Rights and the Environment

Presentation of General Comment no.26 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

April 22, 2024 | On-line

UNCRC Policy Centre on the Convention on the Rights of the Child at NOVA School of Law

On August 22, 2023, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published the General Comment No. 26 on the rights of the child and the environment with a special focus on climate change, addressing “the impacts of the climate emergency, the collapse of biodiversity and widespread pollution, outlining countermeasures to protect the lives and prospects of children, reinforcing the principle of intergenerational equity and future generations“.

This Session is part of the activities of the Chair of the UNCRC Policy Centre on the Convention on the Rights of the Child at NOVA School of Law and aims to present General Comment No. 26 in Portuguese, now available in Portuguese, but also to promote a debate on the main challenges and opportunities in relation to its implementation, with a view to ensuring that children are a priority in strategies and policies for the environment, but also agents of change.

Programme

Date: April 22, 2024

Time: 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Language: English

Format: Online / Zoom Platform

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Opening

Margarida Lima Rego, Dean NOVA School of Law
Teresa Pizarro Beleza, Chairholder, Policy Centre for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Rui Macieira, Ambassador of Portugal to the Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm | General Comment N.º 26: Presentation and Discussion (in English)

Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna, Vice-President of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
Tiago de Melo Cartaxo, Professor in Environmental Law in the University of Exeter
Armando Rocha, Professor in Catolic Lisbon Law School
Beatriz Imperatori, Executive Director of UNICEF Portugal
Francesca Mingrone, Staff Attorney for the Climate & Energy International Centre for Environmental Law

Moderator: Teresa Pizarro Beleza, Chairholder, Policy Centre for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Scientific Coordination:

Professor Teresa Pizarro Beleza, Chairholder, Policy Centre for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Executive Coordination:

Odete Severino Soares, PhD Candidate in Law at NOVA School of Law and Associate researcher UNCRC Policy Centre
Maria Miguel Oliveira da Silva, Teaching Assistant at NOVA School of Law and PhD candidate at NOVA School of Law

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