Programme of Events for COP21’s International Human Rights Day (December 10, 2015)

10:00-10:30

Press conference (Le Bourget, Hall 5, Press Room 2)

Hosted by Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights

 

11:00-12:30

Side event: Fight climate change, eradicate poverty and ensure access to rights—The challenge of a truly just transition (Espace Générations Climat, Room 4)

Hosted by Secours Catholique – Caritas France and ATD Quart Monde

 

11:30-13:00

Side event: Climate Change: One of the greatest human rights challenges of our time (Le Bourget, Hall 4, Observer Room 12)

Hosted by the Human Rights & Climate Change Working Group, Geneva Climate Change Concertation Group, CARE International, Center for International Environmental Law, Earthjustice, Franciscans International, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Human Rights Watch        

                                                                                                                  

13:00-13:30

Civil society action: Stand up for human rights (Le Bourget, TBD)

 

13:00-14:30

Side event: Climate change and human rights: focus on urban life, human rights and adaptation to climate change (Espace Générations Climat, Room 4)

Hosted by European Association of Geographers

 

15:45-17:00

Photo Exhibition and Film Screening: There Is No Time Left: Climate Change and Human Rights in Turkana County, Kenya (Espaces Générations Climat, Round House and Stand A28)

Hosted by Human Rights Watch

 

17:30-19:00

Side event: Agir contre le climat et promouvoir les droits humains: solutions pratiques (Espace Générations Climat, Room 1)

Hosted by the Human Rights & Climate Change Working Group and Réseau Climat & Développement

 

18:30-21:00

Human Rights Day Celebration at the Maloca (Point Ephemere, 200 quai de Valmy 75010 Paris)

Hosted by the Accra Caucus, Geneva Group, Human Rights & Climate Change Working Group, Indigenous Peoples Caucus, and REDD+ Safeguards Working Group