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Principles on human rights and the protection of workers from exposure to toxic substances

In September 2019, the Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics presented a report (A/HRC/42/41) to the UN Human Rights Council, with fifteen principles to better protect workers from the…

OHCHR: Report of the Special Rapporteur calling for the global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David R. Boyd, called on States to recognise the right to a healthy environment, in order to fight the scourges of climate change,…

OHCHR Consultations: Draft guidelines on the effective implementation of the right to participate in public affairs - New call for inputs by 12 February 2018

Through the adoption of resolution 33/22, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights “to prepare concise and action-oriented draft guidelines as a set of orientations…

Consultations: Draft Guidelines on Human Rights and the Environment prepared by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment - Deadline 11 November 2017

Draft Guidelines on Human Rights and the Environment. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment prepared draft Guidelines on Human Rights and the Environment, on which he would…

States and businesses must do more to realize the right to information about hazardous substances – UN expert at the UN Human Rights Council:

GENEVA (17 September 2015) – “People have a right to know whether they are being exposed to hazardous substances or may be harmed by them,” United Nations human rights expert, Baskut Tuncak, said…

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