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A/78/169: Shipping, toxics and human rights - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes

Published

13 July 2023

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A/78/169

Focus

Hazardous substances and waste

Summary

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Marcos Orellana, examines the impact of the shipping sector on human rights and the environment. Whether in terms of the exposure to toxics of people working in the shipping sector, air pollution from ships affecting people in port cities, water pollution and oil spills affecting coastal communities or emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, the shipping industry has an impact on a wide range of human rights. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur analyses the linkages between shipping, toxics and human rights and calls for a human rights-based approach to this sector by States and businesses. 

Issued By:

Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes

Delivered To:

Seventy-eight session of General Assembly