This report, submitted by the Independent Expert to the Human Rights Council for its March 2015 session, describes good practices of governments, international organizations, civil society organizations, corporations and others in the use of human rights obligations relating to the environment,...

Under the notion of human rights due diligence (HRDD), firms are under a responsibility to account for the social and environmental impact connected to their operations across global value chains. This responsibility intersects with the sphere of operation of voluntary sustainability standards...

This report describes the effects of environmental harm on the human rights of children, including their rights to life, health, and development, to an adequate standard of living, and to play and recreation. It also describes the obligations of States to protect children from such harm,...

In the present report, the UN Independent Expert on human rights and the environment gives his findings and makes recommendations on the basis of his visit to the Republic of Costa Rica from 28 July to 1 August 2013. During the visit, he examined how the country was implementing human rights...

On the basis of a visit to Mongolia from September 19 to 27, 2017, this report by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment reviews the legal and policy framework for environmental protection in Mongolia; the environmental conditions in the country; and good practices and...

On the basis of a country visit to Uruguay on April 24-28, 2017, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment reviews the legal and institutional framework for environmental protection in Uruguay; describes its environmental conditions; and describes good practices and...

Socially Responsible Investment - in particular Environmental Social Governance issues (ESG) including human rights - is becoming a crucial issue. Although not a new concept, the integration of ESG and human rights factors into investment decisions remains a challenge. Given recent corporate...

The regulation of transnational corporations is increasingly a multi-actor and multi-level phenomenon. This trend is particularly visible in the garment global value chain. Spurred by the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, a flurry of public and private initiatives addressing...

The state of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the European Union (EU) in the context of the EU framework governing business and human rights (B&HR) is worthy of consideration. This chapter follows the top-down approach: it explores the relevant EU legal and policy...