The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay has warned that “strategies based on the narrow pursuit of economic growth without due regard for equity and related environmental, social and human right considerations, will both fail in their economic objectives, and risk damaging the planet and the fundamental rights of people.”
In her letter to all Member States, she stated that the draft outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20 does not adequately consider human rights imperatives. Ms. Pillay commented further “In recent years, people have taken to the streets in every region of the world, passionately demanding their fundamental human rights – in many instances at great personal risk. For Rio+20 to be successful, its outcome must ensure that explicit human rights safeguards are in place.”
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