human rights
Ensuring sufficient attention to the link between the ocean, climate change and the right to food
The Hub’s written submission on the impacts of climate change on the human right to food in the context of ocean governance has been included in the UN Secretary-General’s Report on “Adverse impact of climate change on the full realisation of the right to food” (A/HRC/53/47). The Hub submission aimed to ensure that enough attention […]
Exploring opportunities for the scientific community from the BBNJ Agreement
What are the implications and opportunities for the scientific community arising from the international agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement)? An informal roundtable organised by the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) addressed this question on 1 June 2023, on the side-lines of the International Symposium […]
Join Hub panels at the Winter / Summer School on Human Rights & the Environment
Organised by the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment & the United Nations Environment Programme For the third year running, the One Ocean Hub continues to collaborate with the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to co-organise a series of panels for their […]
Empty or livelihood space? Changing narratives about the ocean space and ocean defenders in the roll out of Blue Economy plans
What can we learn from governments’ implementation of Blue Economy policies in relation to coastal communities? To what extent are they recognising ocean defenders as environmental human rights defenders? As a follow up to the Hub’s engagement with the Winter/Summer School on Human Rights and the Environment in 2021 and 2022 and at World Oceans […]
A Peace Pact with Nature: reflecting on the CBD COP15 and the new BBNJ agreement
What difference can the new Global Biodiversity Framework and the new agreement on ocean biodiversity make for the triple environmental crises and human rights? Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, Prof John Knox, invited the One Ocean Hub, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat and other experts to share their […]
What does the Global Biodiversity Framework and other 2022 UN Biodiversity Summit outcomes mean for the ocean and ocean research? (Part 1)
The global biodiversity community adopted a new global framework to catalyze, enable and galvanize urgent and transformative action at all levels to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. In addition, the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP 15, held on 7-19 December 2022 – Montreal, Canada)) also adopted new decisions on marine biodiversity, as well as on […]
A reflection on the Global Biodiversity Framework
Hub Director Elisa Morgera has been invited to join a panel organized by Prof John Knox, former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, on the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The panel will be jointly hosted by the American Society of International Law and […]
Water Defenders’ Workshop
On the International Day of Action for Rivers, 14 March 2023, the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Coastal Justice Network, Defend Panay and Kamandag are organizing a workshop hosted by ocean and water defenders for defenders to share experiences, expertise, and strategies from different countries, and […]
Suggesting new areas of work for IPBES
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has called for inputs and suggestions on its work programme up to 2023 from international and regional scientific organisations, non-governmental organisations, indigenous peoples and local communities and the private sector, which will be considered at the tenth session of the IPBES Plenary (28 August-2 September 2023, […]
