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Founded in January 2016 by Corinne Lepage, president, environmental lawyer and former Minister of the Environment; Nicolas Imbert, treasurer, executive director of Green Cross France and Territories; and Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber, secretary, journalist, essayist and humanist, the purpose of the Association of Friends of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (DDHu) is to promote and support the DDHu in France and in the world. Its ultimate goal is to advocate for the adoption of the Declaration by the United Nations General Assembly.

Your support allows us to advance our project and its adoption around the world through communications campaigns, conferences and publications to raise awareness about the environment, humanity and the commons.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights could appear as a beautiful utopia: that of bringing together men and women but also entities of good will for their common future by accepting the definition of rights but above all of duties incumbent on the present generations in relation to the past generations and above all to the future generations. It is becoming a reality. Cities, regions, supranational organizations have subscribed to the HRDu as have numerous bar associations, NGOs and also companies and individuals. The movement initiated at the state level by the Comoros is spreading and will not stop until the United Nations has adopted the declaration, thus allowing for one of the first times in history for a text to be signed by states, public and private entities and individuals.

You too, support us

• by signing the declaration here
• by joining our association here
• by becoming an ambassador of the declaration here
• by making a donation to the association here

Green Cross is delighted with the new step taken by the Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Humanity which, two years to the day after the citizen’s mobilization at the Economic and Social Council in Paris, federates an international network of 14 goodwill ambassadors, a support committee of more than 50 personalities including Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Isabelle Autissier, Jean Jouzel, Ban Ki Moon, Pascal Lamy, Jo Leinen, Enrico Macias, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Sophie de Menton, Edgar Morin, Sirpa Petikeinnen, Jeremy Rifkin, Olivier de Schutter…

For Jean-Michel CousteauPresident of Green Cross France and Territories “There is only one water system, vital for humanity, and which connects us all. It is now essential that, in the image of this water essential to life, we are all united by a founding text that reaffirms the link between humans and the environment, specifies rights and duties, and allows our children, our grandchildren, to have the same assets when coming to earth as those we had”.

Nicolas ImbertWith this declaration, States, but also companies, communities, associations or citizens can not only mark their community of destiny with the planet, but also have a reference text that everyone can understand, which helps us to live together and anticipate the future. The more widely it is recognized, the sooner it will become an essential part of our daily lives, whether it is a question of trade, the structuring of local life or relations between states. And the current mobilization is very encouraging.

The Declaration of Human Rights is planning many events over the next few weeks. In addition to its presence at COP 23, it will be the subject of presentations and signing ceremonies in London, Modena, Marseille, Dakhla…