A/HRC/25/53 • The Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights • The Special Rapporteur on the right to food • The Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health • The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders • The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons • The Independent Expert on minority issues • The Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes • The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, and the Working Group on this issue, and • The Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation. 11. The third report in this category examines the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, including his application of the two most important international instruments on the rights of indigenous peoples — the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the International Labour Organization’s convention No. 169 (Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989).7 12. The second category of sources comprises global human rights treaties. The five reports in this category examine the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.8 In addition to the text of the agreements, the reports examine relevant interpretations of the treaty bodies via the general comments, country reports and views on communications. 13. The third category — regional human rights systems — includes three reports. One report examines the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights applying the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to environmental issues.9 Another describes the relevant decisions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in interpreting the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and the American Convention on Human Rights.10 The third report includes the other major regional human rights systems, based on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Arab 7 8 9 10 Individual report on the rights of indigenous peoples (Report on indigenous peoples). These reports are abbreviated according to the name of the treaty reviewed, for example the “ICESCR report” (pertaining to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights). The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities were also reviewed, but the review did not produce enough relevant information to justify separate reports. Report on European perspectives on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment (European report), prepared by researchers at the Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva. Another important source of information is the Manual on Human Rights and the Environment, second edition (2012), published by the Council of Europe. Individual report on the inter-American human rights agreements (Inter-American report). 5