HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 🍃 Today we celebrate Human Rights Day, a day which commemorates the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960 and serves as a reminder of the nation’s struggle for freedom, equality, and dignity. 🍃 It highlights the importance of fundamental rights, including the right to have the environment protected for the benefit of present and future generations. This right emphasises ecologically sustainable development, conservation, and pollution prevention, ensuring that economic progress does not come at the cost of environmental degradation. 🍃 The reality is that we are entirely dependent on biodiversity for clean air, water, food, medicine, and a stable climate, as it sustains the ecosystems that support all life on Earth. Biodiversity is the basis for livelihoods, and the inextricable cultural and spiritual link people have with the land, water, and oceans. 🍃 We work to protect and restore indigenous species and ecosystems in Southern Africa. We empower those who have faced barriers to accessing legal advice and support with the legal tools to change the trajectory of biodiversity loss safeguard the connections people have with the Earth. 🍃 On Human Rights Day, South Africans reflect not only on civil and political rights but also on the importance of environmental justice, as a clean and healthy environment is essential for the well-being and dignity of all people. #lawfornature #humanrights #biodiversity
