A/HRC/RES/16/11
Urging States to take human rights into consideration when developing their
environmental policies,
1.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights, in consultation with and taking into account the views of States Members of the
United Nations, relevant international organizations and intergovernmental bodies,
including the United Nations Environment Programme and relevant multilateral
environmental agreements, special procedures, treaty bodies and other stakeholders, to
conduct, within existing resources, a detailed analytical study on the relationship between
human rights and the environment, to be submitted to the Human Rights Council prior to its
nineteenth session;
2.
Decides to consider the above-mentioned study and possible next steps at its
nineteenth session of the Human Rights Council under agenda item 3.
46th meeting
24 March 2011
[Adopted without a vote.]
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