David Richard Boyd Explained

David Richard Boyd
Office:was United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
Term Start:2018
Term End:2024
Successor:Astrid Puentes Riaño

David Richard Boyd is a Canadian environmental lawyer, activist, and diplomat. He was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment until 2024.[1]

Life

Education

Boyd graduated from University of Alberta, and University of Toronto. He was executive director of Ecojustice Canada. He teaches at University of British Columbia.[2]

Boyd became the second Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment succeeding the first appointee, John Knox, in 2018.

In 2020, he was named as a supporter of the #1Planet1Right campaign.[3] He supported the Escazu agreement (2021).[4] Also in 2021, he supported a Jakarta Clean Air lawsuit.[5] [6] [7] He has called on countries to defund coal infrastructure.[8] In 2021 he endorsed a condemnation of the killing of Nacilio Macario.[9] Also in 2021, he presented a report about water shortages to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).[10] [11]

He was succeeded by as the special rapporteur by the Mexican Astrid Puentes Riaño in 2024.[12]

Publications

Thematic reports

HRC mandated summary reports of expert meetings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David R. Boyd, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment . live . ohchr.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20190207133959/https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Environment/SREnvironment/Pages/DavidBoyd.aspx . 2019-02-07 .
  2. Web site: David Boyd Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. 2021-05-25. ires.ubc.ca. 2022-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20221123212538/https://ires.ubc.ca/person/david-boyd/. dead.
  3. Web site: BirdLife International . Interview with UN rapporteur Dr David Boyd: the power of human rights . 2021-05-25 . BirdLife . en-us.
  4. Web site: Thomson Reuters Foundation . Can a treaty stop Latin American activists being killed?. 2021-05-25 . news.trust.org.
  5. Web site: UN expert supports lawsuit on Jakarta pollution . 2021-05-25 . The Jakarta Post . en.
  6. News: Paddock. Richard C. . 2021-05-19 . Citizen Lawsuit Seeks Court's Help in Battle for Clean Air in Jakarta . en-US . The New York Times . 2021-05-25 . 0362-4331.
  7. Web site: 2021-01-15 . Air pollution will lead to mass migration, say experts after landmark ruling . 2021-05-25 . the Guardian . en.
  8. Web site: Climate crisis: States must stay the course on coal cuts - UN expert - World . 2021-05-25 . ReliefWeb . 29 September 2020 . en.
  9. Web site: 2021-02-01 . Nicaragua : Amidst 'socio-political and human rights crisis', independent expert condemns environmental defender's death . 2021-05-25 . UN News . en.
  10. Web site: UN expert: Water crisis is worsening, urgent response needed - World . 2021-05-25 . ReliefWeb . 4 March 2021 . en.
  11. Web site: Human rights and the global water crisis: water pollution, water scarcity and water-related disasters – Report of the Special Rapporteur (A/HRC/46/28) [EN/AR/RU/ZH] - World ]. 2021-05-25 . ReliefWeb . 22 February 2021 . en.
  12. Web site: 1 May 2024 . Current and former mandate holders (existing mandates) . 20 June 2024 . OHCHR.
  13. Web site: Call for Recognition of the Human Right to a Healthy Environment, co-authored with John Knox, former Special Rapporteur on human rights and environment, General Assembly, 2018, A/73/188.