Mercury: The world cannot wait any longer to control a major pollutant threatening human rights -- DisplayNews
UN Special Rapporteur Baskut Tuncak urges Governments around the
world to speed up the ratification process of the Minamata Convention on
Mercury, a global treaty to protect human health and the environment
from its adverse effects: http://sm.ohchr.org/1wNeVOT
One year after the Convention on Mercury was opened for signature and
ratification in October 2013, only 7 countries have ratified it.
“Ratification is an imperative for States to fulfil their human rights
obligations,” Mr. Tuncak says. “A delay in ratifying the Convention
means that people and the environment will continue to suffer the human
rights impacts of mercury pollution.”
