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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) welcomes the opportunity to submit comments on the Draft ASEAN declaration on environmental rights. General Assembly resolution 76/300 (July 2022) and Human Rights Council resolution48/13 (October 2021) recognize the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The resolutions also call upon States, international organizations, business enterprises and other relevant stakeholders to adopt policies, to enhance international cooperation, strengthen capacity-building and continue to share good practices in order to scale up efforts to ensure a clean, healthy and sustainable environment for all.
OHCHR welcomes the work of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to advance and implement the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment through a new Declaration. OHCHR calls on ASEAN to adopt a strong, ambitious Declaration in line with its international obligations and commitments. In this submission, OHCHR sets out fundamental human rights obligations and principles that should guide and inform the development of the Draft ASEAN declaration on environmental rights.
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