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ECLAC and OHCHR sign cooperation agreement

22 April 2022 | Briefing note

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, and the acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mario Cimoli, signed a cooperation agreement on the Escazú Agreement in the framework of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties, held in Santiago from 20 to 22 April 2022. In the presence of former ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and OHCHR's Regional Representative for South America, Jan Jarab, both institutions committed to supporting the full and effective implementation of the Escazú Agreement from a …

Regional expert meeting on emerging human rights and planetary human responsibilities highlights the Escazú Agreement

1 April 2019 | Briefing note

In its capacity as technical secretariat of the Escazú Agreement, ECLAC participated in the Regional expert meeting on emerging human rights and planetary human responsibilities and the Regional symposium on planetary human responsibilities in the context of the climate crisis: contributions for the global debate on the rights of future generations in the international system , that took place in Cusco (Peru) between 27 and 28 March 2019.…

Escazú Agreement is highlighted in report of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment

3 March 2019 | Briefing note

In his last report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, David R. Boyd, focused on the right to breathe clean air. He also described the negative impact of air pollution on the enjoyment of many human rights, in particular the right to life and the right to health, in particular by vulnerable groups.…

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment highlights process on Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean in interactive dialogue with Human Rights Council

2 March 2016 | Briefing note

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, John H. Knox, participated in an interactive dialogue in the framework of the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on 2 March.…

United Nations Special Rapporteurs underscore access rights in Human Rights Council interactive dialogue

17 September 2015 | Briefing note

In the interactive dialogue on toxic wastes and safe drinking water and sanitation of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva on 16 and 17 September 2015, the Special Rapporteurs on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes, Mr. Başkut Tuncak (Turkey), and on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Mr. Léo Heller (Brazil), highlighted the importance of the rights of access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters for their respective mandates.…

Human Rights Council adopts resolution on human rights and the environment

24 March 2014 | Briefing note

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on human rights and the environment (A/HRC/25/L.31) in its twenty-fifth session. It its resolution, the Council notes with appreciation the reports of the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.…

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