Arguing the Right to a Safe Climate under the UN Human Rights System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13061965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ademola Oluborode Jegede (0000-0003-2887-3623, University of Venda, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 184-212 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Human Rights Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2213-1027 • E-ISSN: 2213-1035 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22131035-00902001 |
| OpenAlex | W3121281941 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
The link between climate change and human rights is being made under the instruments as well as charter and treaty bodies constituting the United Nations (UN) human rights system. Despite the efforts, the right to a safe climate does not exist under the UN human rights system. Based on the vulnerability of human populations and the essential compliance with yardsticks for a new human right, the article argues for the creation of the right to a safe climate and advances two approaches by which it can be achieved under the UN human rights system
Charter · Climate change · Climate system · Computer security · Environmental ethics · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Treaty · Vulnerability (computing · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Computer Science · Environmental law and policy · Human Rights and Development · Law · Philosophy · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |