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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 55/2.

 

YearDocument numberTitlePress release / Statement / Video
2026A/81/226Planning to care for the planet and its people: enabling thriving societies and protecting the right to a healthy environment 
2026A/HRC/61/47Priority actions towards breathing clean air, protecting public health and ensuring a healthy environmentPress Release
2025A/80/187Framework for environmental, social and human rights impact assessments and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environmentPress Release
2025A/HRC/58/59The ocean and human rights 

Press Release

Video of the interactive dialogue

2024A/79/270Overview of the implementation of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Press Release

Statement ( English | Español)

2024A/HRC/55/43Business, planetary boundaries, and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment 
2024A/HRC/55/41Expert seminar on the responsibility of business enterprises to respect the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
 
2023A/78/168Paying polluters: the catastrophic consequences of investor-State dispute settlement for climate and environment action and human rights 
2023A/HRC/52/33Women, girls and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment 
2023A/HRC/52/44Summary of Expert Seminar on the role of human rights and environmental conservation in the prevention of future pandemics 
2022A/77/284The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: a catalyst for accelerated action to achieve the Sustainable Development GoalsPress Release
2022A/HRC/49/53Non toxic environment to live, work, study and play 
2021A/76/179Healthy and sustainable food: reducing the environmental impacts of food systems on human rights 
2021A/HRC/46/28Human rights and the global water crisis: water pollution, water scarcity and water-related disasters 
2020A/75/161A healthy biosphere and the right to a healthy environment 
2020A/HRC/43/53Good practices on the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (call for inputs) 
2020A/HRC/43/54Summary of report of meeting on the right to a healthy environment 
2019A/74/161Safe climate 
2019A/HRC/40/55Clean air and the right to a healthy and sustainable environment

Press Release

Clean air is a human right (video)

2018A/73/188Global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

Press Release

Statement

2018A/HRC/37/58Children’s rights and the environment

Press Release

Statement

2018A/HRC/37/59Framework Principles 
2017A/HRC/34/49Biodiversity

Press Release

Statement

2016A/HRC/31/52Climate changeStatement
2016A/HRC/31/53Implementation report 
2015A/HRC/28/61Good practices reportStatement
2014A/HRC/25/53Mapping report

Press Release (Arabic | Chinese | English)

Statement

2013A/HRC/22/43Preliminary reportPress Release (Chinese | English)