MODIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER CONDITIONS OF ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WITH THE INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY OF THE SIXTH TECHNOLOGICAL ORDER

New technology of the sixth technological order, on the one hand, will be more oriented towards the preservation of the environment, but, on the other hand, will be hazardous to the environment. However, this damage will be of a different kind than today. In this article, we would like to analyze what changes are taking place today in the international mechanisms for protecting environmental human rights in the context of the intensive development of the sixth technological order. For almost 50 years, the international community has been discussing the relationship between human rights and the environment. As relations in this area of ​interna-tional cooperation developed, it triggered the adoption of international legal acts of a binding and recommendatory nature aimed directly or indirectly at protecting procedural environmental human rights: the right of access to environmental in-formation; the right to public participation in decision-making; the right to access justice in environmental matters. The article discusses three areas for development of the protection of environmental human rights at the international level. The authors refer to various examples from current international legal practice. The article highlights the active role of Latin America, where two important documents were recently adopted: the 2018 advisory opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the environment and human rights, and the 2018 Escazú Agreement on access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America (Escazú Regional Agreement on Access to Information, 2020). In conclusion, the authors postulate that such intensive codification and progressive development of international law in the field of protection of environmental human rights on the one hand inspires and shows that the international community is aware of the terrifying level of environmental degradation. Moreover, there is a dynamic process of development of international environmental law and international human rights law. On the other hand, there is a fear of fragmentation and contradictions in the interpretation of numerous treaties governing (directly or indirectly) the protection of environmental human rights. © 2022 by Information Age Publishing.