INTERVIEW: Connection between human rights and climate change ‘must not be denied’

The right to life, food, development, self-determination, water and sanitation, and adequate housing, is being denied to millions of people because of climate change, the first UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Human Rights in the context of Climate Change, has told the General Assembly in his first formal report to the body.

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Australia: Groundbreaking decision creates pathway for climate justice on Torres Strait Islands

23 Sep 2022

The UN Human Rights Committee found on Friday that Australia’s failure to adequately protect indigenous Torres Islanders against climate change impacts, has violated their rights to enjoy their culture, free from “arbitrary interference” with their private life, family and home.

UN human rights ruling could boost climate change asylum claims

21 Jan 2020

The UN Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats.

‘Let us learn from indigenous peoples’, UN chief declares

17 Apr 2023

In his address marking the opening of the 2023 session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres drew attention to the ways that indigenous peoples are denied their human rights, and saluted them for the pioneering role they play in efforts to protect nature and preserve biodiversity.