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Defending the Defenders 2021: Protecting environmental activists from persecution

Defending the Defenders 2021: Protecting environmental activists from persecution

Side event co-organized at the Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention. 

Agenda: A continuing trend threatening people defending the environment ▪ Alarming situation in Belarus ▪ Environmental destruction in the times of coronavirus ▪ The cases of Armenia, Greece and Slovenia ▪ The Rapid Response Mechanisms under the Aarhus Convention ▪ Discussion

Stop Activists Persecution!
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Presentations & Speakers:

Jonas Ebbesson, Chair Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, professor of Environmental Law – Stockholm University
Opening remark

Maida Bilal, winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2021 (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Opening presentation: Brave women of Kruštica: From persecution of environmental defenders to saving the rivers

 

Zuzana Vachůnová, Arnika (Czech Republic)
Environmental destruction in times of coronavirus

 

Inga Zafaryan, Ecolur (Armenia)
Restrictions on environmental information

 

George Chasiotis, WWF (Greece)
Modernization of environmental legislation and recent developments in the covid period

Senka Šifkovič Vrbica, Legal-Informational Centre for NGOs (Slovenia)
Law changes weakening environmental protection

 

Sergey Magonov, Europen ECO Forum on behalf of Ecohome (Belarus)
Dismantling of environmental CSOs and persecution of the defenders

 

Olena Kravchenko, Environment People Law (Ukraine)
Recent persecution cases 

 

Yves Lador, EarthJustice
Opportunities under the Rapid Response Mechanism under the Aarhus Convention to address, prevent the persecution of environmental defenders

Magdolna Tóthné Nagy, Guta Association of Environmental Law
Actions that should be taken to ensure the compliance of Art. 3.8 of the Aarhus Convention

 

Find the presentation of the speakers also in the attachments (see below)

2021_10_11_Inga_Zafaryan.pdf 170
2021_10_11_Magdolna_Tóthné_Nagy.pdf 25
2021_10_11_Maida_Bilal.pdf 158
2021_10_11_Olena_Kravchenko.pdf 180
2021_10_11_Senka_Šifkovič_Vrbica.pdf 18
2021_10_11_Zuzana_Vachůnová.pdf 35
2021_10_11_Sergey_Magonov.pdf 151
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11. 10. 2021 , aktualizováno: 21. 01. 2022
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