Visit to Brazil, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes (i) Complete information about which pesticides were applied when and where, with advance notice to local communities and records of workers; (ii) Assessments of safety and pollution from extractive industry activities are generated and verified completely independently of operators, including healthrelated information; (iii) The principle of no-data, no-market is rigorously applied for all chemical products, and industry is compelled by law to generate health and safety information for all industrial chemicals produced, used and imported in Brazil above 1 tonne per year by 2030. (k) Respect the fundamental role of public participation in democracy and good governance, including the priceless role of human rights defenders, and fully protect this engagement by: (i) Decriminalizing and securing the release of civil society actors, including environmental, indigenous and occupational rights defenders; (ii) Securing public participation in all areas of governance and especially participatory processes relating to protection from toxic exposure; (iii) Engaging in meaningful dialogue with civil society representatives. (iv) Expansion of government programmes for the prevention and investigation of threats, attacks and killings (v) Conducting robust investigations and prosecutions of those who threaten, attack or kill defenders to address impunity apparent among perpetrators. (l) Fully implement judicial decisions, including closure of the last existing asbestos mine and implementation of a full ban on the mining, production, use, import and export of asbestos, and strengthening legal and institutional measures relating to the full lifecycle of asbestos products. (m) Improve accountability, access to justice and an effective remedy for victims by: (i) Establishing a truth and reconciliation committee for those killed or harassed for protecting their human rights, including to a healthy environment and safe work; (ii) Institute reforms to enhance the ability of victims of hazardous substances and wastes to access justice and an effective remedy, including challenges such as causation, timeliness, costs and technical assistance, among others; (iii) Identifying and implementing necessary reforms to ensure corporate executives are always held accountable for environmental and occupational crimes, including Vale, BHP Billiton, Samarco, Tuv Sud, and other related companies for their inaction leading up to the Brumadinho and Mariana disasters; (iv) Reforming the governance structure of the Renova Foundation to replace all influence of Vale, BHP and Samarco with independent experts free of conflicts; (v) Ensuring in coordination with Vale and other companies implicated the necessary resources are made available for the Piquiá de Baixo community’s resettlement, and formal issuance of an apology by the Government, Vale and other companies; (vi) Commissioning an independent and transparent investigation into the role of Petrobras in the August 2019 oil spill. (vii) Providing an effective remedy for fisher folk who continue to suffer from loss of livelihoods and mental and physical health impacts of the August 2019 oil spill. 21