A/HRC/36/41 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 July 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session 11-29 September 2017 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes Note by the Secretariat Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 27/23, the Special Rapporteur has prepared guidelines for good practices in relation to the human rights obligations related to the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes. The guidelines are intended to help States, businesses, civil society, trade unions and other key actors identify and address key problems that give rise to human rights abuses due to toxics. The guidelines are not intended to be a comprehensive compilation of practices by State and non-State actors, given the dynamism of approaches to the issue and the limitations of space in the report. GE.17-12323(E) 