The Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 3Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2021.

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3 versions · 2021–2023

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/52/23

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics

Environment Environmental Agreements Environmental Protection Human Rights International Obligations Sustainable Development

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs

Recognizes the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right that is important for the enjoyment of human rights;

Notes that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is related to other rights and existing international law;

Affirms that the promotion of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment requires the full implementation of the multilateral environmental agreements under the principles of international environmental law;

Encourages States:

To build capacities for the efforts to protect the environment in order to fulfil their human rights obligations and commitments, and to enhance cooperation with other States, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the rest of the United Nations system and other relevant international and regional organizations, agencies, convention secretariats and programmes, and relevant non-State stakeholders, including civil society, national human rights institutions and business, on the implementation of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, in accordance with their respective mandates;

To continue to share good practices in fulfilling human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, including by exchanging knowledge and ideas, building synergies between the protection of human rights and the protection of the environment, bearing in mind an integrated and multisectoral approach and considering that efforts to protect the environment must fully respect other human rights obligations, including those related to gender equality;

To adopt policies for the enjoyment of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as appropriate, including with respect to biodiversity and ecosystems;

To continue to take into account human rights obligations and commitments relating to the enjoyment of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment in the implementation of and follow-up to the Sustainable Development Goals, bearing in mind the integrated and multisectoral nature of the latter;

Invites the General Assembly to consider the matter;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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