A new ESC Rights Update from Geneva  is now available! The update provides a summary of the initiatives regarding economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights at the 45th session of the Human Rights Council (September/October 2020). This includes information on:

• The rights to water and sanitation

• Climate change, the environment and human rights

• The right to development

• Indigenous Peoples: land and cultural rights

• Other initiatives of interest

• Next Session

All previous ESC rights updates from Geneva may be accessed here.

A number of notable reports were also presented to the recent 75th session of the General Assembly. Please find below summaries of two of the reports that related to climate change and human rights, namely:

• The report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights: Just transition in the economic recovery – eradicating poverty within planetary boundaries

• The report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights: Climate change, culture and cultural rights