The event “Plastics and Human Rights” will be hosted on 23 September 2021, 13:30 CEST. Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Marcos Orellana is convening a virtual side-event to the 48th Session of the Human Rights Council on plastics and human rights, within the framework of the Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues and Toxic-Free Talks.
This event is part of the second series of dialogues, organized by the Geneva Environment Network in collaboration with: the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Secretariat; the Center for International Environmental Law; the Global Governance Centre at the Graduate Institute; IUCN; Norway; Switzerland; and the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs (TESS).
Opening Remarks
H.E. Amb. Emilio IZQUIERDO | Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
H.E. Amb. Thomas WAGNER | Deputy Permanent Representative, European Union
Presentation of the Report to the UNGA
Marcos ORELLANA | UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights
Illegal Waste Trade and Related Disasters
Hemantha WITHANAGE | Senior Advisor, Centre for Environmental Justice & Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International
UNEA-5 Resolution : Internationally Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution
H.E. Amb. Silvia Elena ALFARO ESPINOSA | Permanent Representative of Peru to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva
Discussants
Carlos MARTIN-NOVELLA | Deputy Executive Secretary, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Moustapha Kamal GUEYE | Global Coordinator, Green Jobs Programme, ILO
Marce GUTIÉRREZ-GRAUDIŅŠ | Executive Director, Azul
Q&A
Closing