Baskut Tuncak
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Director, TURI @ReducingToxics | Former UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics @baskut_t
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https://www.turi.org/About/Our_Team/Tuncak_Baskut 06-04-2011 13:39:21
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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 Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council Photo: Giles Clarke Getty Reportage
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 San Francisco Chronicle
1/ My final report to the UN Human Rights Council, on the State’s duty to prevent exposure to the virus that causes #COVID19, is available here: ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Envi… A few key points below #coronavirus #covid_19 #HRC45 #HumanRights
Important timely report from Baskut Tuncak
My report on #Brazil to the UN Human Rights Council is available here: srtoxics.org/wp-content/upl… #HRC45 #HumanRights
Happening today at #HRC45: Special Rapporteur on toxic wastes presents report on his visit to #Brazil. Marcos A Orellana will cover findings on tailing dam disasters like #Brumadinho, #pesticides, corporate responsibility & the #Amazons
El relator Baskut Tuncak 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.
"The project and its implementation so far appears to disregard the human rights of those affected," Baskut Tuncak wrote as UN special rapporteur on toxic waste | Lyanne Togiba for The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2020/oct…
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 Baskut Tuncak Inscription sur: eventbrite.com/e/endangered-b…
Many thanks to the World Future Council for inviting me to moderate the World Health Day panel: 4/8, 4pm CEST. Hear from former President of the UN General Assembly MarĂa Fernanda Espinosa, World Future Council Board Chair AlexandraWandel, Dr. Leo Trasande, MD, MPP & lawyer Baskut Tuncak worldfuturecouncil.org/forward-thinke…
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 Baskut Tuncak msn.com/en-ca/news/wor…
A new publication by UN Environment Programme and UN Human Rights on “human rights and hazardous substances” synthesizes the linkages between many interrelated rights and principles. 👉 ohchr.org/Documents/Issu…