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Climate Change And The Right To Health: A Threat Multiplier, Alejandra Ureta Melcon Jan 2022

Climate Change And The Right To Health: A Threat Multiplier, Alejandra Ureta Melcon

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This comment argues that climate change threatens fundamental human rights recognized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Therefore, the United Nations should adopt the standards set forth in cases like Sacchi v. Argentina and Teitiota v. New Zealand to denote climate change as a threat to the right to health under Articles 11 and 12 of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Climate change is already having monumental impacts on access to food and access to clean water and sanitation, which this comment demonstrates by analyzing two country case studies: The Central African …


The Paris Agreement And Global Climate Litigation After The Trump Withdrawal, David Hunter Jan 2019

The Paris Agreement And Global Climate Litigation After The Trump Withdrawal, David Hunter

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The article addresses the emergence of cases in many countries around the world that are addressing climate change by enforcing, or at least referring to, the Paris Agreement.


Why Central Banks Need To Take Human Rights More Seriously, Daniel D. Bradlow Jan 2019

Why Central Banks Need To Take Human Rights More Seriously, Daniel D. Bradlow

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Most central bankers think that there is a tenuous connection between the operations of central banks and human rights. Their responsibility is to concentrate on the relatively narrow set of macro-economic variables that are relevant to their mandates and to leave to their country’s political leadership the decisions dealing with the complex and politically sensitive variables that affect the functioning of the economy and society.

This position is no longer tenable. Climate change is forcing the central banking community to rethink their view of their responsibilities. The recent release of the Network for Greening, the Financial System’s first comprehensive report …


Human Rights Implications Of Climate Change, David Hunter Jan 2009

Human Rights Implications Of Climate Change, David Hunter

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