Country Profile: Cook Islands
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(This profile was last updated on 20th October 2017)
Country Profile Overview: Cook Islands
Ratification of Human Rights-related Instruments relevant in the context of climate change
…ratified the following human rights instruments with relevance in the context of climate:
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the CEDAW optional protocol
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and the CRPD optional protocol
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Climate change as an issue raised during the review of the country by UN Human Rights institutions (see Part 2 of the country profile for any reference mentioned in this section):
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
… referred to climate change in a national report to the committee;
… will be review by the Committee in 23.10.2017, with a pre-session for the committee to consider preliminary information scheduled in 02.07.2018
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
… referred to climate change in a national report to the committee;
… was asked by the committee to provide additional information on human rights protection in the context of climate change;
Obligations, statements and reports in the context of UN Climate Negotiations
… has ratified the Paris Agreement which recognizes the need for parties to promote and respect human rights when taking climate action;
… mentioned human rights in written submission to the UNFCCC in relation to the following issues: the need for Clean Development Mechanism projects to respect human rights (2013),