In connection therewith, the Human Rights Commission in Geneva received a report urging the UN to enshrine a healthy environment as a human right. The call is for a UN resolution formally connecting the intersection between human rights and environmental concerns. While 100 countries, including the Philippines, have recognized the right to a healthy environment in their constitutions, still the UN has not. To insure that states will guarantee a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment in order to respect, protect and fulfill human rights, the report from the UN rapporteur on human rights and the environment incorporates “Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment” that lays out states’ duties under human rights law as they pertain to a healthy environment. 3 which reads : “….In furtherance of these goals and policies, the government recognizes the right of the people to a healthy environment.

Source: Manila Times April 13, 2018 16:18 UTC