Country Profile: Niue
The database hosted on ClimateRights.org generates a country profile for all 196 UN member states and the European Union that identifies the legal obligations and political commitments made by each country related to the integration of human rights considerations in climate action, relevant information that the country has included in past national reports to UN climate and human rights bodies, and/or recommendations that these bodies have made to the state.
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(This profile was last updated on 20th October 2017)
Country Profile Overview: Niue
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 Rights of the Child
For more specific information and references regarding the human rights obligation of this country under international law, please visit http://forestdefender.org/country/Niue
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;
… emphasized the following principle(s) in its Nationally Determined Contributions submitted under the Paris Agreement: intergenerational equity, food security,
… referred to human rights in a national communication submitted to the UNFCCC after 2010 (see Part 2 of the country profile);
… 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),