Activities

2024

Statement - 82nd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee, Agenda Item 16, Ship Recycling, 
3 October 2024

Statement – Plenary of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution
26 April 2024

Recorded intervention – conference on “Tomorrow's Chemicals Policy: Perspectives and Challenges”, organized in the context of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union, in Brussels
23 - 24 April 2024
Videos: Part 1 | Part 2

Recorded intervention - Side event on "The right to a healthy environment and drug policy" organized during the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND67) in Vienna
Video - Link to the event
20 March 2024

Recorded Intervention of the Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Mr. Marcos Orellana – Greenpeace Side Event on Right to Protest, International Seabed Authority Meeting 
Video - Transcript
18 March 2024

Open Letter to the International Seabed Authority
15 March 2024

2023

Amicus brief submitted by the UN Special Rapporteurs on Toxics and Human Rights (Marcos Orellana), Human Rights and the Environment (David Boyd), and the Right to Development (Surya Deva) on the Advisory Opinion on Climate Emergency and Human Rights of the Interamerican Court of Human Rights
22 November 2023
Amicus brief (English | Español)

Intervention at the 2023 Social Forum on “Opportunities from Science, Knowledge, Education and Culture: Contribution of STI to Advance All Human Rights for All through Participation in Science”
3 November 2023

Minamata Convention on Mercury, 5th Session of the Conference of the Parties
1 November 2023

High Level Segment of the fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management
28 September 2023
Watch the video recording (00:44:35-00:52:03)

Toxics Mandate, in collaboration with Climate Change and Environment Mandates, submits an amicus curiae brief to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
30 May 2023

Statement to the Contact Group on Rotterdam Convention Effectiveness - BRS COPs
7 May 2023

Statement to the Rotterdam Convention COP Plenary
3 May 2023

2022

Statement to the Brazilian Senate on draft pesticides bill
November 2022

HRC51 Side event on “Mercury, small-scale gold mining and human rights”
21 September 2022

Statement of Marcos Orellana, Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights, to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 21st Session, Human Rights Dialogue,
27 April 2022

Other letter (OL), Brazil, concerns regarding bill 191/2020 which establishes conditions for mineral, hydrocarbon and hydropower activities on indigenous lands
15 April 2022
BRA 4/2022 (English)

Other letter (OL), Peru, support for approval of Multisector Special Plan
15 February 2022
PER 2/2022 (Spanish)

2021

Statement of Marcos Orellana, Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights, to the thirty-fourth extraordinary session of the Council of the International Maritime Organization
8 November 2021

Other letter (OL), Kenya, negotiations on tariffs of import of plastic and duty-free treatment of plastic, 17 September 2021
KEN 4/2021 (English)

Other letter (OL), USA, negotiations on tariffs of import of plastic and duty-free treatment of plastic, 17 September 2021
USA 24/2021 (English)

Joint Statement by UN human rights experts - Accelerate the end of the coal era to protect human rights

Other letter (OL), EU Parliament, ban of export of pesticides prohibited at the EU level, 21 June 2021
OTH 202/2021 (English)

Other letter (OL), EU Presidency, ban of export of pesticides prohibited at the EU level, 21 June 2021
OTH 203/2021 (English)

Other letter (OL), European Commission, ban of export of pesticides prohibited at the EU level, 21 June 2021
OTH 201/2021 (English)

Joint researchathon on “sacrifice zones and human rights”
English | Español
Deadline: 31 August 2021

COLOMBIA, fumigation, Amicus Curiae, 12 April 2021 (Español)

Submission to ICCM5 High-level Declaration 19.02.2021

Other Letter, COLOMBIA fracking, 19 February 2021 (Español)

Other Letter, GERMANY pesticides, 9 February 2021

2020

Statement to Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics (AHEG-4)
13 November 2020

Statement by UN experts on landmark environmental treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean
9 November 2020

Interactive dialogue on duty to prevent exposure to COVID-19
21 September 2020

2019

Letters to States urging ratification of Basel Ban Amendment
5 December 2019

Resolution on workers’ protection adopted at HRC 42 (A/HRC/RES/42/21)
8 October 2019