Pesticides and right to food In a new report by the Special Rapporteur on Food, Dr. Hilal Elver, written in collaboration with the Special Rapporteur on Toxics, a clearer account is provided of global pesticide use in agriculture and its impact on human rights; the negative consequences that pesticide practices have…
Statement to 33rd Session of UN Human Rights Council
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes at the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council 15 September 2016 Excellencies, distinguished delegates, friends and colleagues: I am pleased to present my…
Duty to prevent childhood exposure
Link to the 2016 report to UN Human Rights Council on Rights of Child and Toxics (A/HRC/33/41) For all UN language versions, click here The best interests of the child should be at the heart of decision making when it comes to protecting children’s rights to life, survival and development, health, freedom from…
10th anniversary of the ‘Probo Koala incident’ — Friday 19 August 2016
Ten years on, the survivors of illegal toxic waste dumping in Côte d’Ivoire remain in the dark GENEVA (17 August 2016) – Speaking ahead of the 10th anniversary of the illegal dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire, a group of United Nations experts* urge the Ivorian Government, all responsible…
Urgent Global Action Necessary to Reduce Human Rights Impacts of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs)
A Statement from the UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Hazardous Substances and Waste Delivered at Fourth Session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4) Geneva, Switzerland — 28 September-2 October 2015 Highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) continue to have detrimental…
Republic of Korea, 2015
End of Visit Statement Introduction 23 October 2015 — In my capacity as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes, I undertook an official country visit to the Republic of Korea, at the invitation of the Government, from 12 to 23 October 2015. The…