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Global Initiative - States’ Human Rights Obligations in the Context of Climate Change

1 May 2023

In its COB to to the Philippines, the Committee took note of the Armenia, the Committee recommended that the State inquiry of the National Human Rights Commission party “review its climate change and energy policies, regarding the “Carbon Majors,” and urged the State take into account the negative effects of climate change party to implement its recommendations. [...] For instance, in its COB to South Sudan, the Committee expressed its concern about the industry’s “potential negative effects on the rights of the child,” “given the State party’s heavy reliance on the exploration and production of oil and gas.” In its COB to the Netherlands, the Committee expressed concern “about reports of the negative impact of the business sector, including in oil extraction a. [...] In the CRC’s LOI to Australia, the Committee asked the State party to “report on the measures taken to address the adverse effects of climate change on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, particularly by indigenous peoples, people living in In the CESCR’s COB to Uzbekistan, the Committee disaster-prone areas and other disadvantaged and recommended that “natural resources, includ. [...] In its COB to the use of coal, oil and natural gas by investing in Greece, the Committee recommended that the State renewable energy, energy storage and energy efficiency party “[c]onsider the impact of climate change on to address the climate crisis.” the rights of the child in its energy policy, including in relation to fossil fuel extraction and fossil fuels The draft GC then addresses general. [...] The draft recommendations issued to States with regards to GC then addresses the right to a clean, healthy, and the rights of children and the environment and to sustainable environment, stating that this is “implicit develop a comprehensive interpretative statement on in, and directly linked to, in particular, the rights to the implementation of the Convention.
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34
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Switzerland

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