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Annual thematic reports
Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights
Since the establishment of the mandate in 1995, the Special Rapporteurs on toxics and human rights have produced a number of reports on the human rights implications of hazardous substances and waste with regards to specific themes.
Below is a table containing information on all thematic reports.
| Year | Report number and link |
Title | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The toxic impacts of some proposed climate change solutions | ||
| 2022 | The impact of toxic substances on the human rights of indigenous peoples | View statement and press release Watch interactive dialogue | |
| 2022 | Mercury, small-scale gold mining and human rights | View statement (Spanish) and press release Watch interactive dialogue | |
| 2021 | The stages of the plastics cycle and their impacts on human rights | View statement and press release | |
| 2021 | The right to science in the context of toxic substances | View statement and press release Watch interactive dialogue | |
| 2020 | A/75/290 | Twenty-five years of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes: an analysis of its evolution, current challenges and the way forward | View statement and press release Watch interactive dialogue |
| 2020 | A/HRC/45/12 | Duty to prevent exposure to the COVID-19 virus | View statement and press release Watch interactive dialogue (view press release) View feature story |
| 2020 | A/HRC/45/CRP.10 (English only) | The human right to an effective remedy: the case of lead-contaminated housing in Kosovo | |
| 2019 | A/74/480 | States’ duty to prevent exposure | View statement Watch interactive dialogue |
| 2019 | A/HRC/42/41 | Principles on human rights and the protection of workers from exposure to toxic substances | View statement Watch interactive dialogue - part 1 | part 2 |
| 2018 | A/73/567 | First report of the Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights to the General Assembly | View statement Watch the Special Rapporteur’s presentation Watch the press conference |
| 2018 | A/HRC/39/48 | Workers’ Rights and Toxic Exposures | View statement and press release Watch interactive dialogue |
| 2017 | A/HRC/36/41 | Guidelines for good practices in relation to the human rights obligations related to the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes | Watch interactive dialogue |
| 2016 | A/HRC/33/41 | Impact of toxics and pollution on children's rights | View statement and press release |
| 2015 | A/HRC/30/40 | Right to information on hazardous substances and waste | View statement and press release |
| 2014 | A/HRC/27/54 | Preliminary and scoping report | View statement Watch interactive dialogue (Part I | Part II) |
| 2013 | A/HRC/24/39 | Preliminary and scoping report | Watch interactive dialogue (Part I | Part II) |
| 2012 | A/HRC/21/48 | Human rights and extractive industries | Corrigendum A/HRC/21/48/Corr.1 Watch interactive dialogue |
| 2011 | A/HRC/18/31 | Medical waste | |
| 2010 | A/HRC/15/22 | Review of work and activities | |
| 2010 | A/HRC/15/22/Add.1 | Communications to and from Governments | |
| 2009 | A/HRC/12/26 | The adverse effects of shipbreaking on the enjoyment of human rights | |
| 2009 | A/HRC/12/26/Add.1 | Communications to and from Governments | |
| 2008 | A/HRC/9/22 | Adverse effects on human rights and right to information and participation | |
| 2008 | A/HRC/9/22/Add.1 | Communications to and from Governments | |
| 2008 | A/HRC/7/21 | The right to information and participation | |
| 2008 | A/HRC/7/21/Add.1 | Communications to and from Governments | |
| 2007 | A/HRC/5/5 | Legal framework related to the release of toxic and dangerous products during armed conflict |
Previous annual reports
Download a compilation of summaries of previous annual reports (from 1996 to 2014)