Monitoreo del cumplimiento de las obligaciones de derechos humanos de los Estados, en el contexto del cambio climático

The document outlines a structured approach for organizations to submit shadow reports to UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, focusing on how climate change and inadequate state responses violate human rights. It suggests a concise format (6-8 pages) divided into sections covering relevant human rights obligations, adverse climate effects on specific populations, deficiencies in national policies (such as NDCs under the Paris Agreement), and specific legal obligations under treaties. The guide includes a table of submission deadlines and contact emails for various committees, including the CCPR, CEDAW, CERD, CESCR, CRC, and CRPD.

• A shadow report should be concise, ideally between 6 and 8 pages, and avoid subjective or inflammatory language to maintain credibility with Committee members.
• The report structure should include a section on how climate change affects specific rights—such as the rights to life, health, water, food, housing, substantive equality, and cultural rights—and how these impacts disproportionately affect vulnerable groups like children, indigenous peoples, women, and persons with disabilities.
• Reports should analyze national climate policies, including Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, to demonstrate where state ambition is inadequate to protect human rights.
• The guide identifies specific high-impact policy areas for certain countries that may be relevant for shadow reports, such as fracking in Argentina and the UK, financial investments in Switzerland, fossil fuel extraction in Australia, Canada, and Norway, and deforestation in Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2020). Monitoreo del cumplimiento de las obligaciones de derechos humanos de los Estados, en el contexto del cambio climático. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Monitoreo-del-cumplimiento-de-las-obligaciones-de-derechos-humanos-de-los-Estados-en-el-contexto-del-cambio-climatico_ES.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Monitoreo del cumplimiento de las obligaciones de derechos humanos de los Estados, en el contexto del cambio climático. 2020. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Monitoreo-del-cumplimiento-de-las-obligaciones-de-derechos-humanos-de-los-Estados-en-el-contexto-del-cambio-climatico_ES.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2020monitoreo, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Monitoreo del cumplimiento de las obligaciones de derechos humanos de los Estados, en el contexto del cambio climático}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2020}, month = jan, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Monitoreo-del-cumplimiento-de-las-obligaciones-de-derechos-humanos-de-los-Estados-en-el-contexto-del-cambio-climatico_ES.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }