How does this information link with the recommendations? • NHRIs should consider whether and how issues associated with a right to an environment of a particular quality fall within their respective mandates. Information provided by their counterparts may provide useful examples of opportunities for future engagement in this area: recommendations 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 7.1 • Most NHRIs can petition governments on Bills and legislation. This is a particularly useful tool for advocacy in relation to human rights generally and a right to environmental quality in particular: recommendations 1.1, 2.1, 2.2. • The type of complaints received by NHRIs may inform them of the types of environmental harms affecting human rights within their countries and region. In response, NHRIs may be able to engage with government and civil society to raise and address such issues. There are numerous examples of NHRIs responding to a domestic environmental issue and engaging different stakeholders in their response: recommendations 1.3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2. • NHRIs should disseminate information on the link between the environment and human rights, and on their role in addressing the environment and human rights so that all stakeholders are more aware of this role: rec 4.2. Should there be a specific right to the environment? All NHRIs supported the development of a specific right to an environment, of a particular quality180 though respondents noted the need to, and difficulties associated with, clearly and carefully defining such a right. 181 180 181 Ibid 102, 121, 136, 151, 169, 186. Ibid 186. - 48 -