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ExploitationbyExposureHumanRightsandToxics
BaskutTuncak,CHE-Alaskacall-in,March27,2019
UNHumanRightsCouncil:MandateonHumanRightsand“Toxics”
Activitiesandprioritiesofthemandate
• Annualreports– 2015:righttoinformation– 2016:rightsofthechild– 2017:goodpractices– 2018:workerrights– 2018:strongerglobal
controls– 2019:principlesonworker’s
rights(Sept.)– 2019:righttofreedomfrom
exposure(Oct.)
• Casesofallegedviolations– CommunicationswithStates
&businesses
• Countryvisits– Kazakhstan,SouthKorea,
Germany,UnitedKingdom,Denmark&Greenland,SierraLeone,Canada(upcoming)
• Priorities
– Childhoodexposure– Workers– Indigenouspeoples– Businessandhumanrights– Awarenessraising
TheHumanRightsNarrative
UNConventionontheRightsoftheChild
Humanrightsofevery*child• Highestattainablestandardof
health• Physical(bodily)integrity• Life,survivalandmaximum
development• Tobeheard• (Amongothers…)
Dutiesofevery*State• Preventionofchildhoodexposure
totoxics• Child’sbestinterestsasaprimary
considerationinrelevantlaws&policies
*EverycountryexcepttheUnitedStatesisapartytotheCRC
Casestudy:KoreanHumidifierSterilizers
HumanRightsasRights
Rights,notprivileges
Ø LifeØ Health,highestattainable
standardofØ Clean&safewaterØ Safe&nutritiousfoodØ AdequatehousingØ Child’srightstosurvival,health&
maximumdevelopmentØ Information&participationØ Freedomsofexpression,
association&assemblyØ Safe,clean,healthyand
sustainableenvironment
Ø Physical(bodily)integrityØ Safe&healthyworkØ PriorinformedconsentØ AneffectiveremedyØ Dignityandequality,self-
determination
Ø Non-discrimination:peopleinpoverty,children,olderpersons,differentgenders,indigenouspeoples,migrants,minoritiesandotherwisemarginalizedcommunities
Ø Amongothers…
Whatissafe,cleanandhealthy?
Towhatextentdowehavearightnottobeexposedtotoxics?
Mr.DewayneLeeJohnson,glyphosateclaimant
CaseStudy:LondonAirPollution
CaseStudy:Exportsofbannedpesticides
Contactdetails
Mr.BaskutTuncakØ UNSpecialRapporteuron
humanrightsandhazardoussubstancesandwasteswww.srtoxics.org
Ø Founder,CommonRights
www.common-rights.com
Email: [email protected]: @baskut08@srtoxics