A/HRC/15/22 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 5 July 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Fifteenth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights, Okechukwu Ibeanu Summary The present report provides a critical review of the work and activities of the second Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights, Okechukwu Ibeanu. It consists of three substantive parts. The first part reviews the scope of the mandate vis-à-vis the norms, standards and principles developed in the field of environmental law to regulate the production, management, trade and disposal of toxic and dangerous products and wastes. It also identifies several areas of continued focus for the mandate, as well as two emerging issues that would need to be carefully studied from a human rights perspective. The second part provides a critical analysis of the current methods of work of the mandate holder in order to assess to what extent the structure of the mandate is appropriate to enable the Special Rapporteur to carry out the functions described in Human Rights Council resolution 9/1. The final part contains a set of concrete recommendations to the Human Rights Council and the new mandate holder on how to strengthen the mandate of the Special Rapporteur in order to maximize the protection of those individuals and communities that may be adversely affected by the movement and disposal of hazardous products and wastes. In particular, the mandate holder recommends that the Council expand the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, so as to request him/her to monitor the adverse effects of hazardous products and wastes during the whole life cycle, from their production to their disposal. He also suggests that the Council request the new mandate holder to develop a set of guidelines on human rights-based approaches to the sound management and disposal of toxic and dangerous products and wastes. GE.10-14907 (E) 220710