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Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
The Special Rapporteur submits a report to the UN Human Rights Council as well as to the UN General Assembly on an annual basis, as mandated by the UN Human Rights Council resolution 37/8.
| Year | Document number | Title | Statement | Press releases |
| 2023 |
Annex 1 - Twelve Largest Known ISDS Awards Annex 2 - Examples of ISDS Claims Launched in Response to Climate Actions |
Paying polluters: the catastrophic consequences of investor-State dispute settlement for climate and environment action and human rights | ||
| 2023 |
Women, girls and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment |
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| 2023 | A/HRC/52/44 | Summary of Expert Seminar on the role of human rights and environmental conservation in the prevention of future pandemics | ||
| 2022 |
A/77/284 |
The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: a catalyst for accelerated action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals | Trillions needed to close finance gap on Sustainable Development Goals, says UN expert | |
| 2022 |
A/HRC/49/53 |
Non toxic environment to live, work, study and play | 49th session of the HRC | |
| 2021 | Healthy and sustainable food: reducing the environmental impacts of food systems on human rights | 76th session of the General Assembly | ||
| 2021 | Human rights and the global water crisis: water pollution, water scarcity and water-related disasters | 46th session of the HRC | N/A | |
| 2020 | A healthy biosphere and the right to a healthy environment | 75th session of the General Assembly | N/A | |
| 2020 | A/HRC/43/53 (Annex III - Additional Good Practices) Recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment in Constitutions, Legislation and Treaties |
Good practices on the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (call for inputs) | 43rd session of the HRC (Video of the interactive dialogue) | N/A |
| 2020 | A/HRC/43/54 (Advance Edited Version) |
Summary of report of meeting on the right to a healthy environment | ||
| 2019 | Safe climate | 74th session of the General Assembly (Video of the interactive dialogue) | N/A | |
| 2019 | Clean air and the right to a healthy and sustainable environment | 40th session of the HRC (Video of the interactive dialogue) |
Air pollution: The silent killer that claims 7 million lives each year |
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| 2018 | A/73/188 | Global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment | 73rd session of the GA (Video of the interactive dialogue) | Environmental hazards kill 8 million a year: UN expert urges global recognition of the human right to a healthy environment |
| 2018 | A/HRC/37/58 | Children’s rights and the environment (Child-friendly version Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish) |
37th session of the HRC (Video of the interactive dialogue) | UN expert calls for global recognition of the right to safe and healthy environment |
| 2018 | A/HRC/37/59 | Framework Principles (user-friendly version) | ||
| 2017 | A/HRC/34/49 | Biodiversity | 34th session of the HRC (Video of the interactive dialogue) | States must fulfil human rights obligations in protecting biodiversity, UN expert urges |
| 2016 | A/HRC/31/52 | Climate change |
31st Session of the HRC (Video of the interactive dialogue) |
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| 2016 | A/HRC/31/53 | Implementation report | ||
| 2015 | A/HRC/28/61 | Good practices report | 28th Session of the HRC (Video of the interactive dialogue) | |
| 2014 | A/HRC/25/53 | Mapping report | 25th session of the Human Rights Council (Video of the interactive dialogue) | UN expert urges States to take into account human rights obligations in their environmental policies (Arabic | Chinese | | English) |
| 2013 | A/HRC/22/43 | Preliminary report | 22nd session of the Human Rights Council (Video of the interactive dialogue) | Environment and human rights: the link is there, and so is the States’ obligation to protect them – UN expert (Chinese | English) |