There are many internationally recognized human rights: civil and political rights like the right to vote, social rights like the right to stay alive and access food and water. There are also group and individual rights, like the right to a clean and healthy environment. It’s that last one that we’re going to look at […]
U.N. Rules on Climate Change Refugees
In January of 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled that countries cannot deport refugees seeking asylum due to life-threatening conditions caused by climate change. The case involved Ioane Teitota, a native of the island nation of Kiribati, who unsuccessfully sought asylum in New Zealand due to rising sea levels in his home country. […]
UW participates in Paris Climate Change Conference
How is UW getting involved with the Paris Climate Change Conference? Will the Climate Change Conference address the issues of people whose lands are disappearing because of climate change? How will climate-change refugees differ from refugees fleeing political violence? Today Patty Peltekos talks with Sumudu Atapattu, director of the UW Law School Research Center, and […]
