"Lawyers call on MPs to include right to sustainable environment in legislation", 9 April 2024

A group of lawyers is calling on politicians to include the right to a sustainable environment in the Bill of Rights Act.

A members' bill proposed by former climate minister and Green Party co-leader James Shaw aims to create the new right and will go to its first reading ....

Seventeen non-government organisations and 59 Kings' Counsels have signed open letters supporting the right to a sustainable environment. The NGOS are now asking all MPs to vote in favour of the bill at the first reading.

Lawyers for Climate Action, a group representing 350 legal professionals, is leading the charge.

Executive director Jessica Palairet said no human right could be fully realised without a healthy environment.

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