David Richard Boyd

Boyd graduated from University of Alberta, and University of Toronto. He was executive director of Ecojustice Canada. He teaches at University of British Columbia.{{Cite web |title=David Boyd {{!}} Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability|url=http://ires.ubc.ca/person/david-boyd/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=ires.ubc.ca|archive-date=2022-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123212538/https://ires.ubc.ca/person/david-boyd/|url-status=dead}}

Boyd became the second Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment succeeding the first appointee, John Knox, in 2018.

In 2020, he was named as a supporter of the #1Planet1Right campaign.{{Cite web |author=BirdLife International |title=Interview with UN rapporteur Dr David Boyd: the power of human rights |url=https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/interview-un-rapporteur-dr-david-boyd-power-human-rights |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=BirdLife |language=en-us}} He supported the Escazu agreement (2021).{{Cite web |agency=Thomson Reuters Foundation |title=Can a treaty stop Latin American activists being killed?|url=https://news.trust.org/item/20210419055508-8u948/ |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=news.trust.org}} Also in 2021, he supported a Jakarta Clean Air lawsuit.{{Cite web |title=UN expert supports lawsuit on Jakarta pollution |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2020/11/18/un-expert-supports-lawsuit-on-jakarta-pollution.html |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=The Jakarta Post |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Paddock|first=Richard C. |date=2021-05-19 |title=Citizen Lawsuit Seeks Court's Help in Battle for Clean Air in Jakarta |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/19/world/asia/indonesia-pollution-lawsuit.html |access-date=2021-05-25 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2021-01-15 |title=Air pollution will lead to mass migration, say experts after landmark ruling |url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/15/air-pollution-will-lead-to-mass-migration-say-experts-after-landmark-ruling |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} He has called on countries to defund coal infrastructure.{{Cite web |title=Climate crisis: States must stay the course on coal cuts - UN expert - World |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/climate-crisis-states-must-stay-course-coal-cuts-un-expert |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=ReliefWeb |date=29 September 2020 |language=en}} In 2021 he endorsed a condemnation of the killing of Nacilio Macario.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-01 |title=Nicaragua : Amidst 'socio-political and human rights crisis', independent expert condemns environmental defender's death |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1083502 |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=UN News |language=en}} Also in 2021, he presented a report about water shortages to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).{{Cite web |title=UN expert: Water crisis is worsening, urgent response needed - World |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/un-expert-water-crisis-worsening-urgent-response-needed |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=ReliefWeb |date=4 March 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Human rights and the global water crisis: water pollution, water scarcity and water-related disasters – Report of the Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/46/28) [EN/AR/RU/ZH] - World |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/human-rights-and-global-water-crisis-water-pollution-water-scarcity-and-water-related |access-date=2021-05-25 |website=ReliefWeb |date=22 February 2021 |language=en}}

He was succeeded by as the special rapporteur by the Mexican Astrid Puentes Riaño in 2024.{{Cite web |date=1 May 2024 |title=Current and former mandate holders (existing mandates) |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures-human-rights-council/current-and-former-mandate-holders-existing-mandates |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=OHCHR}}

Thematic reports

• Call for Recognition of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment, co-authored with John Knox, former Special Rapporteur on human rights and environment, General Assembly, 2018, A/73/188{{Cite web |url=https://undocs.org/A/73/188 |title=Call for Recognition of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment, co-authored with John Knox, former Special Rapporteur on human rights and environment, General Assembly, 2018, A/73/188}}

• The Right to Breathe Clean Air, Human Rights Council, 2019, A/HRC/40/55.

• A Safe Climate, General Assembly, 2019, UN Doc. A/74/161 (25 pp.) Annex. A Safe Climate: Additional good practices, UN Doc. A/74/161/Annex (13 pp.)

• Good practices in recognizing and implementing the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Human Rights Council, 2020, UN Doc. A/HRC/43/53 (27 pp.) Annex III: Additional Good Practices (31 pp.) Regional Annexes on Constitutions, Treaties, and Legislation Recognizing the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment Annex IV: Africa (37 pp.) Annex V: Asia-Pacific (27 pp.)Annex VI: Eastern Europe (28 pp.) Annex VII: Latin America and the Caribbean (35 pp.) Annex VIII: Western Europe and Other States (25 pp.)

• Human Rights Depend on a Healthy Biosphere, General Assembly, 2020, UN Doc. A/74/161. (26pp) Annex. Healthy Biosphere: Additional good practices (49 pp.).

• The Global Water Crisis and Human Rights: Water Pollution, Water Scarcity and Water-related Disasters (21 pp.), Human Rights Council, 2021, UN Doc. A/HRC/46/28. Annex. Safe and Sufficient Water: Additional good practices (33 pp.).

• Healthy and Sustainable Food: Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Food Systems on Human Rights, General Assembly, 2021, UN Doc. A/76/179. Annex. Healthy and Sustainable Food: Additional good practices

• Non-toxic Environments and Sacrifice Zones, Human Rights Council, 2022, A/HRC/49/53. Annex I. Good practices. Annex II. Additional sacrifice zones

• The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: a catalyst for accelerated action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. General Assembly, 2022, UN Doc. A/77/284, plus Annex I. Good practices and Annex II. Links between SDG targets and international human rights instruments.

• Women, Girls and the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, Human Rights Council, 2023, UN Doc. A/HRC/52/33. Annex I. Good practices.

• Paying Polluters: The catastrophic consequences of Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms, General Assembly, 2023, UN Doc. A/78/168.

• Business, planetary boundaries and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, Human Rights Council, 2024, UN Doc. A/HRC/55/43. Annex 1. Good practices.

HRC mandated summary reports of expert meetings

• Good practices—Summary Report on Experts Meeting on Experiences with the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, Human Rights Council, 2020, UN Doc. A/HRC/43/54 (21 pp.)

• Pandemic Prevention—Summary of the Expert Seminar on human rights and environmental conservation in the prevention of future pandemics. Human Rights Council, 2022, A/HRC/52/44.

• Business and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment—Summary of the Expert Seminar on business and the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, 2024. A/HRC/55/41.

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