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title: XIII.A. Right to a Healthy Environment
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# XIII.A. Right to a Healthy Environment

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# **Sectors**

The contributors of the *AI & Human Rights Index* have identified the following sectors as responsible for both using AI to protect and advance this human right.

- [BUS: Business Sectors](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/bus/)
- [ENV: Environmental and Energy](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/glossary/env/)

# AI’s Potential Violations

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# AI’s Potential Benefits

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# Human Rights Instruments

## International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966)

G.A. Res. 2200A (XXI), [International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ARES2200-A-XXI-ICESCR.pdf), U.N. Doc. A/6316 (1966), 993 U.N.T.S. 3 (Dec. 16, 1966)

Article 12

> The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
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> The steps to be taken by the States Parties to the present Covenant to achieve the full realization of this right shall include those necessary for:
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> (b) The improvement of all aspects of environmental and industrial hygiene;

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**Last Updated:**  April 17, 2025

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**Editor:**  Alexander Kriebitz

**Subject:**  Human Right

**Edition:**  Edition 1.0 Research

**Recommended Citation:**  "XIII.A. Right to a Healthy Environment, Edition 1.0 Research." In *[AI & Human Rights Index](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/index)*, edited by Nathan C. Walker, Dirk Brand, Caitlin Corrigan, Georgina Curto Rex, Alexander Kriebitz, John Maldonado, Kanshukan Rajaratnam, Tanya de Villiers-Botha, and Hisham Zawil. New York: All Tech is Human; Camden, NJ: AI Ethics Lab at Rutgers University, 2026. Accessed October 22, 2026. [https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/xiii-a-healthy-environment/](https://aiethicslab.rutgers.edu/Docs/xiii-a-healthy-environment/).