THE HAGUE, Netherlands,
December 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Monday, 10 December 2018 marks the
70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights. On this day, "The Hague Principles for a Universal
Declaration on Responsibilities for Human Rights and Earth
Trusteeship" will be made public in the Peace Palace, The Hague, starting at 9 a.m. An appeal of a wide range of human rights
and environmental organisations to governments, corporates, civil
society and everyone to endorse the "Hague Principles". This can be
done through the website http://www.earthtrusteeship.world which
also gives access to the full text of the Hague Principles.
Earth Trusteeship
Initiative
The Earth Trusteeship Initiative calls for a new dimension of
local, national and global governance. It is about responsibilities
that we have towards each other (human rights) and the earth (Earth
trusteeship). Likewise, states and governments need to act as
trustees for human rights and the earth. The Hague Principles
can form the cornerstone for all organisations that engage in the
process of getting a Universal Declaration and the governance and
legal practices implemented that support it. The Earth Trusteeship
Initiative launches its principles and global campaign activities
in the context of joined and renewed efforts to implement the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - in particular SDG 16 and
17.
Why now?
Climate change, loss of biodiversity, loss of habitable land,
civil wars and lack of access to livelihoods are all real. These
are not caused by the animals that die out, they are caused by
people. All nations and all people are affected by this. We live on
one planet. While many experts, NGOs, and some others work on these
issues, most corporations, politicians and government agencies can
still exploit the Earth for their own interest because of failing
laws from the past. The Earth Trusteeship Initiative calls for this
to be remedied with great urgency.
What kind of world do we want to create?
We want a world where governance can be effective for the earth
as a whole and for all living beings including humans. To achieve
that we need to focus on responsibilities that people,
organisations, corporations and our governments have for human
rights, for future generations, for nature, non-human animals and
the earth.
Program 10th December
2018 (Registration via the website
http://www.earthtrusteeship.world)
Morning: Launching of the principles: Seminar Room, Peace
Palace, The Hague, 9 am - 1 pm;
Afternoon: Dialogue and planning of next steps: Elisabeth
Vreedehuis, 2 pm - 4.30 pm.
Initial steering committee (in alphabetical order):
Nnimmo Bassey, Nigeria;
Klaus Bosselmann, New Zealand; Bert de
Graaff, the Netherlands;
Prue Taylor, New Zealand; Leo van
der Vlist, the Netherlands;
Hans and Wallapa van Willenswaard, Thailand; Rembrandt Zegers, the Netherlands / UK.
For more information, interview or explanation, please contact
via : info@earthtrusteeship.world
Press is more than welcome.