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Review pay more attention to the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur
in mission reports, and encourages NGOs to provide information on the measures
adopted by the State to implement these recommendations.
86.
As is the case for follow up to mission reports, the Special Rapporteur notes
that the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies have only paid limited attention
to the information generated by the communication procedure. The Special
Rapporteur believes that the review of the country situation during the Universal
Periodic Review or in connection with the interactive dialogue with treaty bodies
would offer a valuable opportunity to follow up on the effectiveness of the measures
adopted by the country to eliminate the human rights violations addressed in the
communication procedure.
87.
The Special Rapporteur considers that the collaboration with UNEP, relevant
United Nations specialized agencies and the secretariats of environmental conventions
is of vital importance for the mandate. He therefore encourages the new mandate
holder to continue the established cooperation with the secretariats of environmental
conventions, in particular the secretariat of the Basel Convention, and to seek ways to
establish a closer and more coordinated collaboration with UNEP, ILO and WHO.
88.
The Human Rights Council should consider transmitting thematic reports of
the Special Rapporteur to the Governing Council of UNEP, and request that the latter
extend an invitation to the Special Rapporteur to address its annual sessions.
89.
Finally, the Special Rapporteur believes that there is room for strengthened
collaboration between the mandate and NGOs. He is aware that the mandate deals
with borderline issues that neither human rights NGOs nor their environmental
counterparts may be fully familiar with. In order to strengthen the links between the
mandate and national and international NGOs working in the field of human rights,
environmental protection and chemicals or waste management, the new Special
Rapporteur should, in consultation with OHCHR, identify ways and strategies to
make civil society organizations more familiar with the mandate in general, and more
specifically with the individual communication procedure.
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