Global Initiative - Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

In its COB to Azerbaijan, the Committee called on the State to “[h]armonize its current climate mitigation policy with its obligation to protect the rights of children” and “[c]onsider the impact of climate change on the rights of the child in its energy policy, including in relation to fossil fuel extraction and fossil fuel subsidies.” Furthermore, in its LOIPR to Norway, the Committee required t. [...] In its COB to the UK, the Committee recommended that the State party “[t]ake legislative and other measures to uphold its extraterritorial obligations concerning impacts on the environment, including in the context of international cooperation.” In its COB to Azerbaijan, the Committee asked the State to “[h]armonize its current climate mitigation policy with its obligation to protect the rights of. [...] In the LOIPR to Bulgaria, the Committee required the State party to inform on measures taken to “[e]nsure that greenhouse gas emission targets and deadlines are compliant with the international commitments set forth in the Paris Agreement, to phase out the use of fossil fuels and to accelerate the transition to renewable energy.” CIEL & GIESCR 32 States’ Human Rights Obligations in the Context of. [...] Here, the GC addressed issues related to the right to non-discrimination (Article 2), the best interest of the child (Article 3), the right to life, survival and development, the right to be heard (Article 12), freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly (Articles 13 and 15), access to information (arts. [...] 13 and 17), the right to freedom from all forms of violence (Article 19), the right to the highest attainable standard of health (Article 24), the right to social security and adequate standard of living (Articles 26 and 27), the right to education (Articles 28 and 29 (1) (e)), the rights of Indigenous children and children belonging to minority groups (Article 30), and the right to rest, play, le.