Policy report
For people; for planet: The long and winding road to UN recognition of the universal right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment
This report seeks to tell the story of the journey towards the recognition of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment (R2E) and address the three interlinked environmental crises facing the planet – the climate, biodiversity, and pollution…
Policy report
Advancing Rights, Transforming Lives
This report reviews how the UN human rights system has taken up women’s rights, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights and the degree to which these recommendations have been translated into action, with UNFPA’s support.
Policy report
Unpacking the Right to a Healthy Environment: How national and regional laws and jurisprudence clarify the scope and content of the universal right
This report examines this body of practice, namely the features and best practices associated with the global implementation of the right to a healthy environment.
Policy report
'A diamond in the rough’: how to strengthen the Human Rights Council's delivery of technical assistance and capacity building (Item 10 reform)
The policy brief provides thoughts on how the Council might strengthen the delivery of domestic capacity-building support in the future – how it might ‘reset and revitalize item 10.’
Policy report
The Human Rights Council in 2022
A written analysis of the main events and developments at the Council in 2022, with data on the evolution of the body’s work since 2006, infographics on the Council's mechanisms, and an in-depth analysis of the contribution of current members.
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What is the state of human rights and democracy around the world?
Is the situation of human rights around the world getting better or worse? Which UN member States are fulfilling their human rights obligations, and which are routinely violating the rights of their people? Is democracy really in retreat around the…
You are not alone
Learn more about environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) working at the interface of human rights and environmental protection - often at great personal risk.
