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Dear All,<br>
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The announcement below, in relation to UN Human Rights Council
resolution 16/11 of March 24, 2011 entitled, "Human Rights and the
environment", may be of your interest. The timeline for submissions
is quite tight -- June 10, 2011.<br>
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Kind Regards,<br>
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Dr. Marcos A Orellana<br>
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Director, Human Rights and Environment Program<br>
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)<br>
Adjunct Professor,<br>
Washington College of Law American University<br>
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<p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;
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align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:
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color: black;">Consultation - Human Rights
and the Environment</span></strong><span
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align="center"><span style="color: black;"> </span><span
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align="center"><span style="color: black;"> </span><strong><span
style="font-family:
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color: black;">Deadline for input 10 June
2011</span></strong><span
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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color: black;">Dear All,</span><span
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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color: black;">The Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
would be grateful to receive any relevant
information for the preparation of a study on
the relationship between human rights and the
environment (see Background, below).</span><span
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;">In particular, views and
information are welcome on:</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size:
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;">1. Steps taken at national and
regional levels, including in the normative,
legislative and judicial spheres, to better
understand and address the relationship
between human rights and the environment; </span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";
color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
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color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;">2. Views on the relationship
between human rights obligations and
environmental protection, including issues
related to international cooperation of States
in respect to global environmental harms (such
as climate change-related harms) and other key
areas of environmental policy such as
biodiversity, ecosystem services and
desertification;</span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
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color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
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color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;">3. Relevant national, regional
and international lessons-learned and good
practices, including examples of how human
rights have been integrated in the design and
implementation of environmental and
sustainable development policies and measures,
and examples of the human rights impacts of
environmental disasters and of the responses
thereto; and </span><span style="font-size:
10pt; font-family:
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color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size:
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color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;">4. Recommendations for future
areas of work in developing the normative and
policy framework for human rights and
environmental protection.</span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Verdana","sans-serif";
color: black;"></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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color: black;">Please send information by 10
June 2011 to: </span><span style="font-size:
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;"><a
href="mailto:registry@ohchr.org"
target="_blank">registry@ohchr.org</a></span><span
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color: black;"></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;">or fax. +41-22-917-9008</span><span
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color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";
color: black;">Please indicate whether the
information provided could be made available
on the OHCHR website. </span><span
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"Verdana","sans-serif";
color: black;"></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span
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color: black;">United Nations Human Rights
Council resolution 16/11 of 24 March 2011
entitled, "Human Rights and the environment":
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
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resolution requested OHCHR "in consultation
with and taking into account the views of
States Members of the United Nations, relevant
international organizations and
intergovernmental bodies, including the United
Nations Environment Programme and relevant
multilateral environmental agreements, special
procedures, treaty bodies and other
stakeholders, to conduct, within existing
resources, a detailed analytical study on the
relationship between human rights and the
environment" (para. 1).</span><span
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