human rights

CDM Watch asserts that the CDM Executive Board must integrate human rights considerations into its project selection and review processes, citing the UN Charter and the Cancun Agreements. The organization criticizes the Board for registering projects in 2011 despite evidence of human rights abuses and advocates for the creation of a grievance mechanism to provide remedies for affected people.

• In 2011, the CDM Executive Board registered two projects despite evidence of human rights abuses, justifying the decision by claiming it has no mandate to address human rights and that host countries are responsible for sustainable development.
• CDM Watch argues that the CDM Executive Board is bound by human rights laws and standards through the UN Charter and international human rights standards, and that the Cancun Agreements specifically require Parties to respect human rights in climate change actions.
• Current CDM rules and methodologies are insufficient as they do not directly refer to human rights and focus only on technical requirements for emission limits.
• CDM Watch proposes the establishment of a grievance mechanism to allow affected individuals to appeal CDM projects that violate international human rights conventions.

APA

CMW (2012). human rights. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/05/30/human-rights/

Chicago

CMW. human rights. Carbon Market Watch, 2012. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/05/30/human-rights/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{cmw2012human, author = {CMW}, title = {{human rights}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2012}, month = may, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/05/30/human-rights/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }