OHCHR

Planned Relocation: Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs

Climate Refugees recently provided a submission on displacement and planned relocation in the context of climate change, in response to a call for input from Ms. Paula Gaviria-Betancur, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons.

Based on our field visits and reporting from Miami and Kenya, we hope our submission will be helpful to the Special Rapporteur as she prepares her report to the forthcoming 56th session of the Human Rights Council.

Read the full submission below.

Climate Change, Loss & Damage, and Human Rights: Submission to OHCHR

In response to a call for input from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Climate Refugees has provided a submission to help inform the Secretary-General’s analytical study on the impact of loss and damage from the adverse effects of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights, which will be presented at the Human Rights Committee at its 57th session later this year.

Climate Refugees’ submission is based on field work and subsequent reporting from the Lake Chad Basin, Kenya’s Rift Valley, and Miami (South Florida), as well as recent advocacy efforts on climate change migration and displacement.

Read the full submission to OHCHR below.

The Impact of Climate Change on the Right to Food

Submission to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the Adverse Impact of Climate Change on the Right to Food

In response to OHCHR’s call for inputs, Climate Refugees and Alight (formerly American Refugee Committee) provided this joint submission to help inform the UN Secretary General’s report on the adverse impacts of climate change on the full realization of the right to food, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 50/9.

The collaboration between our two organizations allowed for distinct but complimentary work to better inform the adverse impacts of climate change on frontline communities. As a humanitarian organization providing assistance to millions of refugees and displaced persons around the globe, Alight undertook OHCHR questions 4 and 5, informed by their country operations in the Horn of Africa and Pakistan, now deeply affected by climate impacts. Climate Refugees addressed OHCHR questions 1 and 6 based on climate displacement research and fieldwork conducted in Kenya, Somalia and Central America, also experiencing devastating drought, floods and disasters.

Read our full submission to OHCHR below