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T1 Human Rights, the Environment and COVID-19 - Key Messages
T2 حقوق الإنسان والبيئة وجائحة «كوفيد-19»: حقوق الإنسان في صميم الاستجابة
T2 Droits humains, environnement et COVID-19 – Messages clés : Placer les droits humains au cœur de la réponse à la crise
T2 Direitos humanos, meio ambiente e COVID-19: Mensagens-chave: Direitos humanos no centro da resposta
T2 Los derechos humanos, el medio ambiente y la COVID-19 - Mensajes clave: Los derechos humanos en el centro de la respuesta
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, 
K1 COVID-19
K1 zoonotic disease
K1 environmental health
K1 human rights
K1 poverty
K1 environmental protection
K1 rule of law
K1 environmental law
K1 medical waste
K1 toxic waste management
K1 harmful product
K1 Health
K1 Human Rights
K1 Illegal Trade in Wildlife
K1 Natural Resources
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33510
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/33510
NO The COVID-19 crisis reveals a clear truth about catastrophic risk in an increasingly globalized world: an effective response requires immediate, ambitious and evidence-based preventive action at the international level. To avert future global threats, including pandemics, we must protect rights to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment upon which we all depend for our health and wellbeing. A human rights-based approach to the COVID-19 crisis is also needed to address its unequal impacts on the poor, vulnerable and marginalized and its underlying drivers, including environmental degradation. The following key messages on human rights, the environment and COVID-19 highlight essential human rights obligations and responsibilities of States and others, including businesses, in addressing and responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026