A/HRC/RES/57/31
2.
Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection
of human rights in the context of climate change;1
3.
Decides to extend for a period of three years the mandate of Special Rapporteur
on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change under the
same terms as provided for by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 48/14, including
paragraph 2, subparagraphs (a) to (m);
4.
Requests the Special Rapporteur to report annually on the implementation of
the mandate to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly in accordance with their
programmes of work;
5.
Also requests the Special Rapporteur also to hold, on an annual basis,
consultations on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate
change, in accordance with the present resolution, Council resolution 48/14 and previous
Council resolutions on human rights and climate change, with all relevant stakeholders,
particularly those most acutely affected by the adverse impacts of climate change, as well as
States, academia, business enterprises and environmental and other human rights defenders,
as reflected in the present resolution as appropriate;
6.
Further requests the Special Rapporteur to continue to give due consideration
to:
(a)
The need to scale up global action and support in addressing climate change,
including in averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the
adverse effects of climate change;
(b)
All the principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, including the principle of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and
respective capabilities, in the light of different national circumstances and in the context of
sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, all in pursuit of the objectives of
the Convention and the Paris Agreement;
7.
Welcomes the close coordination established between the Special Rapporteur
on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change and other
United Nations mechanisms and procedures in the field of human rights, including the treaty
bodies, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other
special procedure mandate holders, inter alia the Special Rapporteur on the human right to a
clean, healthy and sustainable environment, the Special Rapporteur on the implications for
human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous
substances and wastes, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water
and sanitation and the Special Rapporteur on the right to development, and encourages the
Special Rapporteur to continue efforts in that regard;
8.
Calls upon all States and all stakeholders to cooperate fully with the Special
Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
in the performance of the mandate, including by providing all necessary information
requested in the Special Rapporteur’s communications, to react promptly to the Special
Rapporteur’s urgent appeals, to give serious consideration to responding favourably to the
Special Rapporteur’s requests for country visits and to consider implementing the
recommendations in reports submitted under the mandate;
9.
Encourages all relevant stakeholders, including United Nations agencies,
funds and programmes, human rights mechanisms, national human rights institutions,
national mechanisms for implementation, reporting and follow-up, national independent
monitoring frameworks, civil society, the private sector, donors and development agencies
to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur to enable the mandate holder to fulfil the
mandate;
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A/HRC/50/39, A/HRC/53/34, A/HRC/56/46, A/77/226 and A/78/255.
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