A Human Rights-Based Approach to Climate Change: The Human Rights-Based Approach - A Field of Action for Human Rights Education

This research paper explores the integration of human rights standards into climate change policy through a human rights-based approach, emphasizing the critical role of training and education for rights-holders and duty-bearers.

• The paper examines how climate change policies and measures can impact various human rights that are recognized under international human rights law.
• A human rights-based approach is analyzed as a method to incorporate human rights standards into development cooperation and climate change policy to ensure that human rights implementation is equitable and effective.
• Human rights education and training are concluded to be effective tools for integrating human rights standards into climate change policy, ensuring a fundamental understanding of human rights law, and building capacity for both duty-bearers and rights-holders.

APA

Orellana (2012). A Human Rights-Based Approach to Climate Change: The Human Rights-Based Approach - A Field of Action for Human Rights Education. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/reports/a-human-rights-based-approach-to-climate-change-the-human-rights-based-approacha-field-of-action-for-human-rights-education-orellana-2012-3/

Chicago

Orellana. A Human Rights-Based Approach to Climate Change: The Human Rights-Based Approach - A Field of Action for Human Rights Education. Center for International Environmental Law, 2012. https://www.ciel.org/reports/a-human-rights-based-approach-to-climate-change-the-human-rights-based-approacha-field-of-action-for-human-rights-education-orellana-2012-3/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{orellana2012human, author = {Orellana}, title = {{A Human Rights-Based Approach to Climate Change: The Human Rights-Based Approach - A Field of Action for Human Rights Education}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2012}, month = jan, url = {https://www.ciel.org/reports/a-human-rights-based-approach-to-climate-change-the-human-rights-based-approacha-field-of-action-for-human-rights-education-orellana-2012-3/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }