Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Implications for Human Rights of the Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Wastes

A/HRC/RES/27/23View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2014.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2011–2020

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/45/17

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2020	A/HRC/RES/45/17	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Implications for Human Rights of the Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Wastes	1,254	51%Compare
2017	A/HRC/RES/36/15	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Implications for Human Rights of the Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Wastes	894	58%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/27/23	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Implications for Human Rights of the Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Wastes	684	50%Compare
2012	A/HRC/RES/21/17	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Implications for Human Rights of the Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Wastes	740	37%Compare
2011	A/HRC/RES/18/11	Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Implications for Human Rights of the Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Wastes	861	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Conferences Coordination Within UN System Environmentally Hazardous Substances Guidelines Human Rights Report Preparation Special Rapporteurs Toxic Waste Management

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the preliminary report of the new Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, which was submitted to the Council at its twenty-seventh session;²

²A/HRC/27/54.

Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period of three years;

Acknowledges the work carried out by the previous Special Rapporteur, and requests the new Special Rapporteur, in accordance with his mandate, to provide detailed, up-to-date information on the adverse consequences that the improper management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes may have in terms of the full enjoyment of human rights;

Encourages the Special Rapporteur to carry out his mandate in close cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme, relevant United Nations specialized agencies, such as the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization, and the secretariats of the international environmental conventions with a view to mainstreaming human rights into their work and to avoiding duplication;

Requests the Special Rapporteur to continue his consultations with the competent United Nations agencies and bodies and with the secretariats of the relevant international conventions as part of a multidisciplinary, in-depth approach for addressing existing problems with a view to finding lasting solutions for the management of such substances and wastes so that he may present to the Council, in accordance with its programme, annual reports on the implementation of the resolutions that it has adopted, as well as specific recommendations and proposals concerning the steps that should be taken immediately in order to address the adverse implications for human rights of hazardous substances and wastes;

Also requests the Special Rapporteur to develop, in consultation with the relevant stakeholders and with the assistance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, a guide to good practices in relation to the human rights obligations related to the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, to be submitted, together with his report, to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-sixth session;

Further requests the Special Rapporteur to hold, to this end, two international meetings of experts (with five experts) from all regions with a view to drawing up this guide, while reflecting the points of view of other relevant human rights mechanisms, United Nations specialized agencies and other international bodies, government experts, national human rights institutions and civil society;

Encourages the Special Rapporteur, in accordance with his mandate and with the support and assistance of the Office of the High Commissioner, to continue to provide Governments with appropriate opportunities to respond to allegations that are transmitted to him and are referred to in his report and to have their observations reflected in his report to the Council;

Reiterates its appeal to States and other stakeholders to facilitate the work of the Special Rapporteur by providing him with information and inviting him to undertake country visits;

Also reiterates its appeal to the Secretary-General and to the High Commissioner to provide the Special Rapporteur with all necessary assistance in connection with the successful fulfilment of his mandate;

Decides to continue its consideration of this matter under the same agenda item in accordance with its programme of work.

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