• • • • • • • The right of all individuals, communities, peoples and other non-state actors to full information about environmental issues, the right to participate in decision-making processes on environmental issues and the right to access remedies. The potential conflict between environmental protection and the right to culture. This will require an assessment and balancing of the needs of particularly vulnerable groups including indigenous peoples, women and children, caste and minority groups. The needs of groups that are disproportionately affected by environmental harms, and groups, including indigenous peoples, that have a special cultural and spiritual connection with the environment. Specific protection for environmentally displaced and affected persons, including a guarantee of their resettlement in a manner that enables the continuation of their culture, traditional means of livelihood and a guarantee of their human rights. To the extent possible, there should be a protection against displacement, and the preservation of traditional means of livelihood and culture. The principle of international solidarity, shared responsibility and the provision of aid, including capacity-building and technical assistance, in respect of environmental harm and disasters. The balance between the right to sustainable development and environmental protection. The state’s obligation to implement, regulate, enforce and provide remedies in relation to the rights enumerated above. Recommendations A list of recommendations is contained in Part 2. Amongst others, recommendations relevant to this term of reference include: • • 1.1. Advocacy of a human right to environment 1.2. Content of a human right to environment - 32 -