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Exploitation by Exposure Human Rights and Toxics Baskut Tuncak, CHE-Alaska call-in, March 27, 2019 UN Human Rights Council: Mandate on Human Rights and Toxics Activities and priorities of the mandate Annual reports Country visits

Exploitation by Exposure Human Rights and Toxics Baskut Tuncak, CHE-Alaska call-in, March 27, 2019
UN Human Rights Council: Mandate on Human Rights and “Toxics”
Activities and priorities of the mandate • Annual reports • Country visits – 2015: right to information – Kazakhstan, South Korea, Germany, United Kingdom, – 2016: rights of the child Denmark & Greenland, Sierra – 2017: good practices Leone, Canada (upcoming) – 2018: worker rights – 2018: stronger global • Priorities controls – 2019: principles on worker’s – Childhood exposure rights (Sept.) – Workers – 2019: right to freedom from – Indigenous peoples exposure (Oct.) – Business and human rights – Awareness raising • Cases of alleged violations – Communications with States & businesses
The Human Rights Narrative
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Human rights of every* child Duties of every* State Highest attainable standard of Prevention of childhood exposure • • health to toxics Physical (bodily) integrity Child’s best interests as a primary • • consideration in relevant laws & Life, survival and maximum • policies development To be heard • (Among others … ) • * Every country except the United States is a party to the CRC
Case study: Korean Humidifier Sterilizers
Human Rights as Rights
Rights , not privileges Ø Life Ø Physical (bodily) integrity Ø Health, highest attainable Ø Safe & healthy work standard of Ø Prior informed consent Ø Clean & safe water Ø An effective remedy Ø Safe & nutritious food Ø Dignity and equality, self- Ø Adequate housing determination Ø Child’s rights to survival, health & maximum development Ø Non-discrimination: people in poverty, children, older persons, Ø Information & participation different genders, indigenous Ø Freedoms of expression, peoples, migrants, association & assembly minorities and otherwise Ø Safe, clean, healthy and marginalized communities sustainable environment Ø Among others …
What is safe, clean and healthy? To what extent do we have a right not to be exposed to toxics? Mr. Dewayne Lee Johnson, glyphosate claimant
Case Study: London Air Pollution
Case Study: Exports of banned pesticides
Contact details Mr. Baskut Tuncak Email: bt@common-rights.com Ø UN Special Rapporteur on Twitter: human rights and hazardous substances and wastes @baskut08 www.srtoxics.org @srtoxics Ø Founder, Common Rights www.common-rights.com

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