Submission Teresita Acedo Meglena Antonova Monica Camacho April 10 2013 Introduction Background and context Specific human rights violated Role of International Community Background and Context ID: 336942
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Maldives Submission
Teresita AcedoMeglena Antonova Monica Camacho
April 10, 2013Slide2
Introduction
Background and contextSpecific human rights violatedRole of International CommunitySlide3
Background and Context
Human Rights Council issued a Resolution calling on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to perform a study on the relationship between human rights and climate changeSlide4
MaldivesSlide5
Composed of 1,192 islands in the North Indian Ocean
About 80% of the islands are less than 1 meter above sea levelOnly 203 islands are inhabited96% of all islands are smaller than 1 km2Population totals roughly 300,000 people, and about one third is concentrated in Male’, the capitalSlide6
Climate Change Impacts
Sea-level riseIncreases in sea and surface temperaturesIncreases in the intensity of extreme weather eventsChanges in precipitationSlide7
Human Rights Council Resolutions on Climate Change and Human Rights
March 2008: Resolution 7/23March 2009: Resolution 10/4September 2011: Resolution 18/22Slide8Slide9
Scope of Maldives’ obligations under HRs Conventions
Primary duties ICCPR; ICESCR; CRC; CEDAWConstitutionSlide10
Collective Rights
Right to Self-determination and to a means of subsistence (Articles 1 ICCPR & 1 ICESCR; Articles 1 & 55 UNC)Slide11
Individual Rights
Civil and Political RightsRight to life (Article 6 ICCPR)Right to property (Articles 15 and 16 CEDAW; Art 15(2) ILO 169; Article 1, ECHR Protocol 1)Economic, Social and Cultural RightsRight to food (Article 11 ICESCR)Right to housing (Article 11.1 ICESCR; Article 14.2 CEDAW)Right to health (Article 12 ICESCR
)
Right to water (implied in Article 11 ICESCR; Article 24 CRC; Article 14.2 CEDAW
)
Right to work (Articles 6, 7, 8 ICESCR)
Other (education, etc.)Slide12
Procedural Rights
Right of access to Information (Article 19 UDHR and ICCPR; Article 6 UNFCCC)Right of participation in decision-making (Articles 21 UDHR and 25 ICCPR; Article 6 UNFCCC)Right to emedy (Article 8 UDHR and Article 14 ICCPR; Rio Principles 10 and 13)Slide13
Safeguarding Rights
Safeguarding rights during implementation of Mitigation and Adaptation MeasuresMoving away from processes that release GHG emissions may pose serious threat to the enjoyment of HRsEffects of undermining the rights of individualsSolution: need for adequate planning and careful consideration of HRs; consistency with principle of non-discrimination
Measures
taken to ensure relocation is
voluntarySlide14
Safeguarding Rights
Safeguarding rights during natural disasterIDP concept CC exacerbates the likelihood and intensity of disasters that lead to internal displacement and migrationSolution: strengthening the normative and institutional frameworks for protection of IDPs; clarifying the scope of obligations of both national and international actors
Need
to both take measures to prevent displacement and to
minimize
its adverse
effectsSlide15Slide16
The role of the international community
In order to ensure that the rights of the Maldives´ people are protected in accordance with the HR instruments, the international community has the duty to:Limit emissions to scientifically-agreed safe levels (self-determination)Ensure that they implement their obligations under existing CC agreementsProvide funding for adaptation measures that are essential to the fulfillment of fundamental economic, social, and cultural
rights
Take
steps to ensure that private actors within their jurisdiction do not violate the rights protected by the HR
instrumentsSlide17
The role of the international community
Take into account international HR obligations in negotiations addressing CCEnsure that activities under their jurisdiction or control do not result in the violations of the rights recognized in customary international law: self-determination, non-discrimination, and the right to lifeTake the lead in combating climate change and its adverse effects: Common but differentiated responsibilities. UNFCCC/KP
Recognize
the precautionary
approach
Develop
and publish national inventories of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks, implement national programs, etc. Slide18
The role of the international community
In the Maldives the implementation of adaptation measures has been made with the support of the international community, but they are insufficient to fully protect HR from the threat of CC. Most of the international support has come in response to the catastrophic damages of a tsunami in 2004, rather than in the form of climate change specific adaptation fund, and is not enough to respond to the still emerging impacts of CC.Further measures are necessary as sea-levels rise and warming continues as projected by the scientific consensus. Slide19Slide20
Kingdom Under Change
Maldives Islands - Kingdom under Change videoSlide21
Questions?
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