Climate Change, Human Rights, and the Environment
Explores the intersection of climate change, human rights, and international law, focusing on state disappearance, displacement, and vulnerable populations like indigenous peoples and climate refugees.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.25 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Develop an understanding of the relationship between environmental degradation, climate change and human rights
Develop an understanding of the pros and cons of using a human rights approach to environmental issues and especially, climate change
Gain knowledge of the relevant international law principles and mechanisms applicable to global climate change
Gain knowledge of how a claim under international human rights law can be brought for damage caused by environmental issues in general and climate change in particular
Examine the linkages with other areas such as economic development, poverty, socio-economic rights, and sustainable development
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.25 GPA, 25.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).
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Topics
- Challenges to the international legal system including state disappearance and displacement
- Human rights frameworks for vulnerable populations such as indigenous peoples and climate refugees
- Linkages between climate change and economic development, poverty, and sustainable development
Skills
- Evaluating the pros and cons of a human rights approach to climate change
- Bringing claims under international human rights law for climate-related damage
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