[IntLawProfessors] Human Rights & Environment -- OHCHR Study

[Marcos Orellana]

Dear All,

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.

Kind Regards,

Dr. Marcos A Orellana

Director, Human Rights and Environment Program
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Adjunct Professor,
Washington College of Law American University




> Civil Society Section
>
> Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
>
>
> *Consultation - Human Rights and the Environment*
>
> *Deadline for input 10 June 2011*
>
> Dear All,
>
> 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).
>
> In particular, views and information are welcome on:
>
> 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;
>
> 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;
>
> 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
>
> 4. Recommendations for future areas of work in developing the 
> normative and policy framework for human rights and environmental 
> protection.
>
> Please send information by 10 June 2011 to:
>
> registry at ohchr.org <mailto:registry at ohchr.org>
>
> or fax. +41-22-917-9008
>
> Please indicate whether the information provided could be made 
> available on the OHCHR website.
>
> ***
>
> _Background_
>
> United Nations Human Rights Council resolution 16/11 of 24 March 2011 
> entitled, "Human Rights and the environment": http://goo.gl/vVUA8 
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=czh8asdab&et=1105295405123&s=2276&e=001hn8LVQt1Tnnx3gDEi2fweQbB7296WTwojQ99WXLNwbAYCsIWC6P-zOvetW56VFPTYSuUkEU_mMSsdQc9b9j-rUsFTBiPp28AeJfKBX71x1U=>
>
> The 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).
>
> ***
>
> For an unofficial translation into another language you may try: 
> http://translate.google.com 
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=czh8asdab&et=1105295405123&s=2276&e=001hn8LVQt1Tnkv5mc58IL4qrwVITbAtrJLchyTh7M4KxWh-fTrnt8r00TqWVlpSfpxD9QhLEoBtShLQirqD3f3yfux2k-KqItcfJDcMK9qz2cF5aNNQHpByw==>
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