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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Our Queer Planet: Environmental Rights and LGBTQI+ Defenders
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SUMMARY:Our Queer Planet: Environmental Rights and LGBTQI+ Defenders
DESCRIPTION:<h2>Our Queer Planet: Environmental Rights and LGBTQI+ Defenders</h2><p>The intersection of environmental rights and LGBTQI+ rights is one of the most urgent and underexplored frontiers in international human rights law. Environmental defenders — people who stand up for communities' rights to clean water, land, air, and a safe climate — already face some of the world's most severe patterns of violence, criminalization, and persecution. LGBTQI+ defenders carry an added burden: they are targeted not only for their environmental advocacy, but for who they are. This compounded vulnerability demands dedicated attention from the international community.&nbsp;</p><h3>Speaker</h3><ul><li>Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Environmental Defenders.</li></ul><h3>Moderator</h3><ul><li>Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (2018-2023).</li></ul><h3>Contact</h3><p><strong>Anna Livia Arida</strong><br><a href="mailto:aarida@hks.harvard.edu">aarida@hks.harvard.edu</a></p><p>Organized by the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at Harvard Kennedy School and cosponsored by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights.</p>
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