A/HRC/43/54 Annex I Programme Day 1 – Thursday 20 June 09:00 – 09:30 Registration 09:30 – 10:10 10:10 – 11:00 Introduction and overview • Introduction of participants • Objectives and overview of the programme SESSION 1: Regional breakout groups on good practices Participants will break into four regional groups to discuss good practices in the promotion and implementation of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. 11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break 11:20 – 12:30 SESSION 2: Plenary session on good practices The second session will start with the 10-minute video message from Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin of Brazil who will discuss good practices, common challenges, and ideas for moving forward to realize everyone’s right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. 12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 15:00 SESSION 3: Regional breakout groups on barriers 15:00 – 16:00 Participants will break into four small regional groups to discuss barriers relating to the promotion and implementation of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. SESSION 4: Plenary session on barriers A rapporteur from each group will brief the plenary with a summary of their discussions (maximum of 5–7 minutes), which will be followed by an interactive discussion with all participants. 16:00 – 16:20 Coffee break 16:20 – 17:20 SESSION 5: Cross-pollination of ideas: international, regional and national influences Participants will get together to discuss ways of creating synergies in the promotion and implementation of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment at all levels. They will discuss in particular how the established framework on the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment at the national and regional levels can bring about bottom-up influence to the international level discussion and vice versa. For example, the Escazú Agreement was influenced by the Aarhus Convention. How can these regional agreements be emulated in other regions? How can States with constitutional environmental rights encourage other States to establish similar provisions? How can strong precedents in cases based on the right to a healthy environment be shared between States? 17:20 – 17:30 18 Wrap-up of the day