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Humphreys, Stephen --- "Climate Change and International Human Rights Law" [2012] ELECD 737; in Rayfuse, Rosemary; Scott, V. Shirley (eds), "International Law in the Era of Climate Change" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: International Law in the Era of Climate Change

Editor(s): Rayfuse, Rosemary; Scott, V. Shirley

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849800303

Section: Chapter 2

Section Title: Climate Change and International Human Rights Law

Author(s): Humphreys, Stephen

Number of pages: 29

Extract:

2. Climate change and international
human rights law
Stephen Humphreys

INTRODUCTION
Until very recently, there was no literature on the relationship between
climate change and human rights. From around 2007, however, a burst of
research and advocacy among scholars, activists, research institutions, and
at the UN's Human Rights Council changed the picture dramatically.1 In


1
A burgeoning literature now exists on the relationship between human rights
and climate change. Among many examples, see the following: D. Bodansky,
`Climate Change and Human Rights: Unpacking the Issues' (2010) 38(3) Georgia
Journal of International and Comparative Law 511; Columbia Law School, Human
Rights Institute, Climate Change And The Right To Food: A Comprehensive Study
(Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation 2009); E. Cameron, `The Human Dimension of
Global Climate Change' (2009) 5(1) Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environ-
mental Law and Policy 1; Mac Darrow, S. McInerney-Lankford, and L. Rajamani,
Human Rights and Climate Change: A Review of the International Legal Dimen-
sions (Washington D.C.: World Bank 2011); J. Hohmann, `Igloo as Icon: A
Human Rights Approach to Climate Change for the Inuit?' (2009) 18 (3) Trans-
national Law and Contemporary Problems 295; International Council on Human
Rights Policy [ICHRP], Climate Change and Human Rights: A Rough Guide
(Geneva: ICHRP 2008); J.H. Knox, `Climate Change and Human Rights Law',
[2009] VirgJlIntLaw 20; (2009) 50(2) Virginia Journal of International Law 163; J.H. Knox, `Linking
Human Rights and Climate Change at the United Nations', (2009) 33(4) Harvard
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