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(f)
To provide for effective remedies for human rights violations and abuses,
including those relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable
environment, in accordance with their international obligations and commitments;
(g)
To take into account human rights obligations and commitments relating to
the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment in the implementation
and monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals, bearing in mind the integrated and
multisectoral nature of the latter;
5.
Encourages States:
(a)
To adopt an effective normative framework for the enjoyment of a safe,
clean, healthy and sustainable environment;
(b)
To address compliance with human rights obligations and commitments
relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment in the
framework of human rights mechanisms, including the universal periodic review;
(c)
To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences between experts in
the environmental and human rights fields, and to promote coherence among different
policy areas;
(d)
To build capacities for taking human rights obligations and commitments into
account in their efforts to protect the environment;
(e)
To explore ways to incorporate information on human rights and the
environment, including climate change, in school curricula, in order to teach the next
generations to act as agents of change, including by taking into account indigenous
knowledge;
(f)
To seek to ensure that projects supported by environmental finance
mechanisms respect all human rights;
(g)
To collect disaggregated data on the effects of environmental harm on
vulnerable groups, as appropriate;
(h)
To promote environmental action, including climate action, that is genderresponsive and takes into consideration the vulnerability of ecosystems and the needs of
persons and communities in vulnerable situations;
(i)
To continue to share good practices in fulfilling human rights obligations
relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment through the
good practices database maintained by the Special Rapporteur;
(j)
To build capacity for the judicial sector to understand the relationship
between human rights and the environment;
(k)
To foster a responsible private business sector and to encourage corporate
sustainability reporting while protecting environmental standards in accordance with
relevant international standards and agreements and other ongoing initiatives in this regard;
(l)
To consider further, among other aspects, respect for human rights within the
framework of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;
6.
Looks forward to the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties
to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be organized by
Morocco, in Marrakesh, from 7 to 18 November 2016;
7.
Recognizes the important role played by individuals, groups and organs of
society, including human rights defenders, in the promotion and protection of human rights
as they relate to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment;
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