A/HRC/37/58 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. International attention to the relationship between children’s rights and the environment ........... 3 III. The effects of environmental harm on the rights of children ........................................................ 5 A. The effects of environmental harm on children .................................................................... 5 B. Environmental harm and the rights of children .................................................................... 9 Human rights obligations relating to the protection of children from environmental harm .......... 10 A. Educational and procedural obligations ................................................................................ 11 B. Substantive obligations to protect children from environmental harm ................................. 14 C. Obligations of non-discrimination ........................................................................................ 16 V. Future generations ......................................................................................................................... 17 VI. Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 18 IV. 2