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 like your views (available here (under announcements section) in English, French, Spanish). Drawing on his work over the past five years, the Guidelines summarize the basic human rights obligations of States on environmental matters, as they have been clarified by human rights bodies. He will present the Guidelines to the Human Rights Council in March 2018, as part of his final set of reports.
If you would like to provide comments on them, please do so by emailing srenvironment[at]ohchr.org no later than 11 November 2017. Please indicate in the subject line of the email that you are providing comments on the draft Guidelines.
Public consultation. A public consultation will be hold on Tuesday, 17 October, in Room XI of Palais des Nations in Geneva, from 10.00 am to 12.00 pm. The consultation, which will help to inform his next reports to the Council, will discuss best practices, lessons learned and the way forward with regard to human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. One of the topics of discussion will be the draft Guidelines. If you would like to attend the consultation and you need a pass, please send a return email to the above mentioned address.
