The many linkages between protection of human rights
and protection of the environment have long been recognized. The 1972
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment declared that "man's
environment, the natural and the man-made, are essential to his
well-being and to the enjoyment of basic human rights--even the right to
life itself."
In its decision 2001/111 the
Commission on Human Rights invited the Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) to consider organizing a joint expert seminar "to review and
assess progress achieved since the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development in promoting and protecting human rights in
relation to environmental questions and in the framework of Agenda 21." 
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