Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the Context of Climate Change

“Addressing the human rights implications of climate change displacement including legal protection of people displaced across international borders”

This submission is based on Climate Refugees’ October 2022 in-country research in Kenya and Somalia on climate-induced displacement, migration and human rights losses, and interviews with 110 impacted and displaced persons. Two country reports are forthcoming in early 2023.

This document focuses on the specific questions posed by the UN Special Rapporteur Ian Fry in the call for inputs, paying particular attention to sharing the stories, experiences and hardships displaced communities told Climate Refugees that highlight the precarity and lack of protections populations currently face.