Statement on the Right to a Healthy Environment Launch
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Join the Centre for Law and Social Justice to officially launch the School Students' Statement on the Right to a Healthy Environment.
This event follows the 2023 Youth Forum hosted in collaboration with Australian Lawyers for Human Rights and the Human Rights for New South Wales Alliance. The event brought together over 50 high school students from 12 schools across the Hunter region of NSW to discuss the right to a healthy environment in the context of human rights. More information on the Youth Forum can be found here.
School students drafted the Statement on the Right to a Healthy Environment, join us to officially celebrate and launch the Statement. The Statement will be launched by Trisha Doyle MP, NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment. The event will be an opportunity to elevate young voices and provides an opportunity for students to engage with government officials. We invite students, schools, education leaders, government officials and interested persons to join us.
The event will take place at the University of Newcastle NUspace campus, 409 Hunter Street, Room X-202, Level 2, from 5pm - 6.30pm. Light refreshments will be provided.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.