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Children have set of rights in relation to the environment in accordance with international law. However, environmental harm prevents children from enjoying these rights. The Special Rapporteur on…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
