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Inclusion, Accountability and Access to Justice for Hazardous Substances and Wastes

This report highlights the importance of ensuring the right to an effective remedy, accountability, and access to justice in cases related to the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes. It focuses on relevant Sustainable Development Goals and common challenges faced, such as information gaps, burden of proof, and reactive nature of actions. For more information, contact Baskut Tuncak, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Hazardous Substances and Wastes.

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Inclusion, Accountability and Access to Justice for Hazardous Substances and Wastes

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  1. Baskut Tuncak UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights implications of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes Human Rights Watch February 25, 2016 Inclusion, Accountability and access to Justice

  2. remedy and accountability • Right to an effective remedy • restitution, compensation, rehabilitation and guarantees of non-repetition • Accountability • State and non-state actors • Relevant SDGs • Target 16.3: Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all • Target 16.6: Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels • Target 16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements

  3. Pregnant women & Children e.g. humidifier disinfectant

  4. Workers e.g. semiconductor workers One person dies every minute from toxic chemicals in the workplace

  5. Common challenges Remedy and Accountability • Information gaps • Hazard • Exposure • Actor to hold accountable • Causation • Burden of proof • Reactive, not proactive

  6. Contact Baskut Tuncak, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Email: srtoxicwaste@ohchr.org Twitter: @srtoxics Website: www.srtoxics.org

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