A/HRC/39/48 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 3 August 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 2018 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 implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes* Note by the Secretariat The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, prepared pursuant to Council resolution 36/15. In accordance with the mandate, in the present report the Special Rapporteur examines the situation of workers implicated and affected by occupational exposure to toxic and otherwise hazardous substances worldwide. He proposes principles intended to help States, businesses and other key actors respect and protect workers from toxic occupational exposures and to provide remedies for violations of their rights. * The annex to the present document is reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. GE.18-12801(E) 