Part II 5. All persons have the right to freedom from pollution, environmental degradation and activities that adversely affect the environment, threaten life, health, livelihood, well-being or sustainable development within, across or outside national boundaries. All persons have the right to protection and preservation of the air, soil, water, sea-ice, flora and fauna, and the essential processes and areas necessary to maintain biological diversity and ecosystems. All persons have the right to the highest attainable standard of health free from environmental 8. All persons have the right to safe and healthy food and water adequate to their well-being.
All persons have the right to a safe and healthy working environment.
All persons have the right to adequate housing, land tenure and living conditions in a secure, healthy and ecologically sound environment. All persons have the right not to be evicted from their homes or land for the purpose of, or as a consequence of, decisions or actions affecting the environment, except in emergencies or due to a compelling purpose benefiting society as a whole and not attainable by other means. All persons have the right to timely assistance in the event of natural or technological or other human-caused catastrophes. Everyone has the right to benefit equitably from the conservation and sustainable use of nature and natural resources for cultural, ecological, educational, health, livelihood, recreational, spiritual or other purposes. This Includes ecologically sound access to nature.