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T1 Right to a Healthy Environment: Good Practices - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
A1 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 
A2 Boyd, David
K1 human rights
K1 environmental health
K1 sustainable development
K1 environmental management
K1 climate change
K1 air quality
K1 ecosystem
K1 environmental information
K1 environmental justice
K1 public participation
K1 water
K1 sanitation
K1 food production
K1 sustainable agriculture
K1 biological diversity
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32450
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32450
NO The report (and its annexes) describes good practices of States in recognizing the right to live in a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment and implementing the procedural and substantive elements of the right. This fundamental human right is now recognized in law by more than 80 percent of United Nations Member States (156 out of 193). The procedural elements are access to information, public participation, and access to justice/effective remedies. The substantive elements include clean air, a safe climate, access to safe water and adequate sanitation, healthy and sustainably produced food, non-toxic environments in which to live, work, study and play, and healthy biodiversity and ecosystems. In the context of the global environmental crisis, accelerated diffusion and adoption of good practices to protect human rights is imperative.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026