As the principal United Nations office mandated to promote and protect human rights for all, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) leads global human rights efforts speaks out objectively in the face of human rights violations worldwide. OHCHR provides a forum for identifying, highlighting and developing responses to today's human rights challenges, and acts as the principal focal point of human rights research, education, public information, and advocacy activities in the United Nations system. More

The Secretariat regularly exchanges information and undertakes consultations with the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes.