A/HRC/RES/57/28 Acknowledging that the loss of biodiversity and the decline in ecosystem services can have a negative impact on the enjoyment of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, which has adverse effects, both direct and indirect, on the effective enjoyment of all human rights, as well as for the safeguarding of the needs and interests of future generations, Recognizing that the adverse effects of climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss often result from and contribute to reinforcing existing patterns of discrimination and inequality, particularly among persons in vulnerable situations, Recognizing also that human rights defenders working on environmental matters, referred to as environmental human rights defenders, make a positive, important and legitimate contribution to the promotion and protection of all human rights, and expressing deep concern about the multiple and intersecting forms of violence and discrimination against environmental human rights defenders, particularly women, girls and Indigenous defenders, Taking note of international instruments such as the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, for the protection of environmental defenders, and the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (the Escazú Agreement), for the protection of environmental human rights defenders, Taking note also of the guidance on integrating human rights in national biodiversity strategies and action plans of the United Nations Environment Management Group, Looking forward to more ambitious commitments at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November 2024, consistent with its focus on achieving peace with nature, 1. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to increase its support, technical assistance and capacity-building for States, with their consent, to implement approaches that integrate the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, taking into account a gender-responsive approach and building on its previous work in this area, including by working with national human rights institutions, national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, Indigenous Peoples representatives and other stakeholders, as well as with United Nations country teams, in accordance with obligations under international human rights law, and requests the Secretary-General to further strengthen the dedicated capacity of the Office of the High Commissioner at the regional level to provide such increased support; 2. Encourages the strengthening of means of implementation, as well as of all forms of technical and scientific cooperation, to contribute to the full and effective implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework; 3. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in consultation with States, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and other relevant international organizations and intergovernmental bodies, including the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, to conduct a global analytical study on the implementation of a human-rights based approach into the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, in line with the provisions of the Convention, consistent with the considerations set out in section C of the Framework and taking into consideration the outcomes of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, to be submitted to the Council at its sixty-first session, and also requests that the High Commissioner make the report available in accessible formats, including in easy-to-read versions; 4. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to cooperate with other relevant United Nations organizations and bodies, including the United Nations Environment Programme and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as with 2