The proposed new human rights laws will be introduced in the ACT Legislative Assembly today.
Canberra could become the first place in Australia to give people a legal right to a healthy environment, with the ACT government today introducing new human rights legislation.The Human Rights Amendment Bill 2023 will be introduced in the ACT Legislative Assembly todayBut complaints will not yet result in penalties
The government said the law would require ACT authorities to consider the environment when making decisions or carrying out functions.The government said this was to allow time to see what happened with similar international laws, and to give people a chance to fully understand the changes. " at a time when we face a triple planetary threat of climate change, environmental pollution and biodiversity loss."
"Global wellbeing is at risk – and it's in large part because we haven't kept our promises on the environment," UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in an explanatory note.
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