Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Articles  ⎸ Books  ⎸ Briefing Papers  ⎸ Legal Instruments  ⎸ Reports  ⎸ Working Papers

Reports

CIEL, Monitoring States’ Compliance with their Human Rights Obligations, in the Context of Climate Change Opportunities offered by the Reporting Procedure of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies (2020)

CIEL, Monitoring States’ Compliance with their Human Rights Obligations, in the Context of Climate Change Guidance on the Preparation of a Parallel Report to a UN Human Rights Treaty Body on the topic of climate change and human rights (2020)

CIEL, States’ Human Rights Obligations in the Context of Climate Change: 2019 Update (Synthesis Note) (2019)

CIEL, Synthesis Note on the Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Climate Change Adopted by UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies (2018)

Statements

OHCHR, Human Rights Law Requires States to Pursue the Highest Possible Ambition in Emissions Cuts (2019)

OHCHR, UN child rights committee voices support for children campaigning on climate change (2019)

OHCHR, Committee releases statement on climate change and the Covenant:Climate change and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2018)

Legal Instruments

CEDAW, General Recommendation No. 37: Gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change (2019)

CEDAW, General recommendation No. 38 on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration (2020)

CCPR, General Comment No. 36 and the Right to a Life with Dignity (2018)