Baskut Tuncak
@baskut08
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Director, TURI @ReducingToxics | Former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics @baskut_t
Joined April 2011
An advance version of my 2018 report to the @UNHumanRights Council -- on #WorkerRights & #Toxic #Exposure -- is now available on my OHCHR website (under "highlights"). It proposes 15 principles to protect the rights of workers from toxic exposures. Link: https://t.co/eYZuTxKOiG
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Great work on a horrendous practice #DoubleStandards
U.S. policies allow the export of highly toxic pesticides banned for domestic use. How does this practice impact Indigenous Peoples' health? We provide some answers & solutions in @LancetRH_Americ, focusing on the Yaqui Nation (my Tribe) in Mexico. 🌏⬇️ https://t.co/7rEIfN1a3i
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Excited to be joining this innovative team! TURI Names New Director / Press Releases - Toxics Use Reduction Institute
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I hope that all members of the UN Human Rights Council will be on the right side of history this week as the HRC considers a resolution recognizing that everyone, everywhere has the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment #HRC48
https://t.co/aJ5aoQ7Nx9
reuters.com
Britain and the United States are among a few countries withholding support for a proposal brought at the United Nations that would recognise access to a safe and healthy environment as a human...
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Angela Merkel's ruling coalition passed a law that obliges German companies to take action against #HumanRightsViolations at their foreign suppliers. "Employees all over the world deserve respect." #EmployeeWellness #workerrights @baskut08
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A new publication by @UNEP and @UNHumanRights on “human rights and hazardous substances” synthesizes the linkages between many interrelated rights and principles. 👉 https://t.co/VWrBfoV0GU
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Demain, de 15h à 16h30, je vous invite à suivre la conférence de presse en ligne « L’Amazonie brésilienne et ses peuples autochtones menacés: que peut faire l'UE? » @ValerieCabanes @baskut08 Inscription sur:
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"The project and its implementation so far appears to disregard the human rights of those affected," @baskut08 wrote as UN special rapporteur on toxic waste | @lyanne_togiba for @guardian
theguardian.com
The Chinese -backed gold, silver and copper mine at Frieda river risks catastrophic environmental destruction, special rapporteurs argue
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El relator @baskut08 de residuos tĂłxicos de la ONU expresĂł que precisar el origen del derrame y la rendiciĂłn de cuentas de Petrobras mejorarĂa la capacidad de las vĂctimas de acceder a una soluciĂłn.
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The UN Special rapporteur also highlighted the dire situation of Piquiá, an emblematic case of how Brazil is increasingly being exploited by global supply chains “capitalizing on weaker standards, oversight and enforcement.” #HRC45 #BizHumanRights 2/5
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Happening today at #HRC45: Special Rapporteur on toxic wastes presents report on his visit to #Brazil. @SRtoxics will cover findings on tailing dam disasters like #Brumadinho, #pesticides, corporate responsibility & the #Amazons
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Today, we filed a complaint vs. Syngenta together w/ 51 families & @publiceye_ch @ECCHRBerlin @ToxicfreeIndia, demanding that it stops selling hazardous pesticides to small farmers in India & compensate victims. Read more 👉 https://t.co/vp7qceQUDS
#CorporateAccountabilityNow
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1/ My final report to the @UNHumanRights Council, on the State’s duty to prevent exposure to the virus that causes #COVID19, is available here: https://t.co/xp6G35dJ6z A few key points below #coronavirus #covid_19 #HRC45 #HumanRights
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My report on #Brazil to the @UNHumanRights Council is available here: https://t.co/uhMNssaTol
#HRC45 #HumanRights
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Relatoria da ONU: Mariana e Brumadinho revelam "farsa da justiça". https://t.co/tkACnnBode
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Important timely report from @baskut_t
1/ My final report to the @UNHumanRights Council, on the State’s duty to prevent exposure to the virus that causes #COVID19, is available here: https://t.co/xp6G35dJ6z A few key points below #coronavirus #covid_19 #HRC45 #HumanRights
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People really don’t know what to do right now. Everyone on the Embarcadero is stopping to record the sky and chit chatting in a way I haven’t seen since pre-pandemic @sfchronicle
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1/ A phenomenal report with appalling figures, especially for the UK #DoubleStandards
https://t.co/WO4nkCCvg5
unearthed.greenpeace.org
The UK is by far Europe's biggest exporter of toxic banned pesticides to poorer countries, an Unearthed and Public Eye investigation reveals.
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Today marks my final day as Special Rapporteur on toxics. It has truly been a privilege to serve in this capacity for the past six years, alongside current and former @UN_SPExperts of the UN Human Rights Council Photo: @gcwingman Getty Reportage
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