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

The paper examines how human rights standards and mechanisms can address climate change and how climate policies impact human rights under international law. It argues that a human rights-based approach facilitates the integration of these standards into climate policy and development cooperation. The author concludes that human rights training and education are essential for building the capacities of rights-holders and duty-bearers and ensuring human rights law is integrated into climate change policy.

• Climate change policies and measures have the potential to impact a broad spectrum of human rights that are recognized under international human rights law.
• Adopting a human rights-based approach assists in the integration of human rights standards into development cooperation and climate change policy, which supports the equitable and effective implementation of those rights.
• Human rights education and training serve three primary functions: they develop the capacities of duty-bearers and rights-holders, provide a fundamental understanding of human rights law, and facilitate the integration of human rights standards into climate change policy.

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} }