A/HRC/43/30 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 3 January 2020 Original: English Human Rights Council Forty-third session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Realizing the rights of the child through a healthy environment Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 40/14, in which the Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on realizing the rights of the child through a healthy environment. It provides an overview of the effects that environmental factors have on children, international legal obligations, business responsibilities and recommendations for strengthening the protection, promotion and fulfilment of children’s rights through a healthy environment. GE.20-00050(E) 