Global Toxics and Human Rights Project

Advancing a human rights approach to the sound management of toxic and hazardous waste.


A joint initiative with WCL's Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law and Program on Environmental and Energy Law, the Global Toxics & Human Rights Project leverages partnerships with a broad coalition of stakeholders to provide technical assistance, strategic planning, case support, advocacy, awareness raising, and standard setting. The Project also builds on American University Washington College of Law's (AUWCL) specialized knowledge and experience in environmental justice and supporting UN mandates to enrich the work of UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights professor, Marcos Orellana.

* All publications of the Global Toxics & Human Rights Project are licensed to the public subject to the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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