Human rights and the environment, para. 8

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Recalling also the Paris Agreement, adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in which the parties acknowledged in the preamble that they should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations with regard to human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, the empowerment of women and intergenerational equity,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Environment
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Persons on the move
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Women
Year
2018
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
Human rights and the environment, Human Rights Council Resolution, 2018.
Paragraph number
8