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Climate change and migration 2012, para. 20
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- In particular, climate change is likely to exacerbate the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events (e.g., tropical storms, floods, heat waves) and the gradual processes of environmental degradation (e.g., desertification and soil and coastal erosion). Those effects of climate change and their adverse consequences for livelihoods, public health, food security and water availability will have a major impact on human mobility, as one natural response will be to migrate.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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Climate change and migration 2012, para. 27
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- The Climate Change Environment and Migration Alliance (see http://www.ccema-portal.org), which includes the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, IOM and other international non-governmental organizations specialized in environment, has also recently been established.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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Climate change and migration 2012, para. 35
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- While climate change may be felt across the globe, it is likely that its impacts will affect some individuals and groups more than others. At a global level, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reflected "sharp differences across regions". Developing States facing multiple stresses are likely to be the most severely affected, in particular in Africa, Asia and Oceania: megadeltas, small island developing States, and low-lying coastal and arid areas are most exposed to environmental migration.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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Climate change and migration 2012, para. 41
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- First, low-lying coastal areas and megadeltas are major sources of environmentally induced migration. This is particularly true in countries such as Bangladesh and Viet Nam, and regions such as the Egyptian Nile Delta and the Niger Delta in Nigeria. Those regions are vulnerable to slow-onset environmental phenomena related to sea level rise and change in precipitation patterns and are also increasingly affected by natural disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, storm surges, soil erosion and soil salinization.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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Climate change and migration 2012, para. 45
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- Fifth, many other regions are now affected by sudden and extreme natural disasters, and "even societies with high adaptive capacity remain vulnerable to climate change, variability and extremes".8 Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and bushfires in Australia, for instance, illustrate that no society is immune.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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Climate change and migration 2012, para. 67
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- To date, the international legal framework appears to be largely inadequate to address such a situation. The first article of the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States requires that a State possess four elements: a permanent population; a defined territory; a government; and a capacity to enter into relations with other States. Yet, a legal issue that remains unresolved is the status of the State after the disappearance of one of the elements established by the Montevideo Convention. Furthermore, although international law provides that a State may become extinct under certain circumstances such as absorption, merger and voluntary or involuntary dissolution, the situation of a State abandoned by its population due to the effects of climate change is simply so new that no clear international legal framework appears to apply.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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Human rights of migrants in the post-2015 development agenda 2014, para. 14
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- Other challenges that the Goal framework did not adequately address included tackling climate change, natural disasters and external shocks such as the global financial climate, social exclusion, addressing demographic dynamics, ensuring peace and security and improving governance and the rule of law.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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Irregular migration and criminalization of migrants, protection of children in the migration process and the right to housing and health of migrants 2011, para. 49
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- According to some studies, climate change is expected to make the world generally warmer, the rainfall more intense, and could result in more extreme weather events such as droughts, storms and floods. These changes, in turn, will likely result in further population movements. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that global warming will lead to major shifts in weather patterns, ocean currents, and possibly ecosystems. In addition to higher temperatures and rising sea levels, scientists forecast that rainfall will become more variable, drought more prevalent and prolonged. This will exacerbate soil erosion and desertification around the world. In some geographic regions, these events will combine with a higher incidence of rapid-onset disasters in the wet season, causing more violent and destructive storm surges, floods, and hurricanes. The changes in climate now anticipated will disrupt and perhaps permanently alter how and where food is grown. A significant number of countries could lose one third to one half of their capacity for agricultural production over the coming decades. Countries in equatorial Africa may lose as much as 60 per cent.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2011
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Labour exploitation of migrants 2014, para. 77
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- Encourage and monitor the implementation by business enterprises of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The principles state that business enterprises are required to (a) avoid causing, or contributing to, adverse human rights impacts through their own activities, and to address such impacts when they occur; and (b) seek to prevent or mitigate adverse human rights impacts that are directly linked to their operations.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. 34
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- In order to respond to the complexity of human mobility, as explained above, States are required to develop a long-term strategic vision of what their mobility policies will look like in a generation from now, with precise timelines and accountability benchmarks. Such a long-term vision is similar to the strategic planning of States for policies on energy, environment, trade, food security, public transit, infrastructure and industries, in order to determine the investments needed to achieve the objectives.
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. 43 (Goal 3.)
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- [The Special Rapporteur proposes the following goals:] Goal 3. Ensure respect for human rights at border controls, including return, readmission and post-return monitoring, and establish accountability mechanisms
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- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. 43 (Goal 8.)
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- [The Special Rapporteur proposes the following goals:] Goal 8. Increase the collection and analysis of disaggregated data on migration and mobility
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2017
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The human rights of migrants on a 2035 agenda for facilitating human mobility 2017, para. Target 3.10.
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- [Ensure respect for human rights at border controls, including return, readmission and post-return monitoring, and establish accountability mechanisms] Systematically implement post-return human rights monitoring and ensure that such monitoring is part of every readmission agreement
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
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The impact of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements on the human rights of migrants 2016, para. 18
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- With global discussions on trade stalled at WTO, there has been a marked surge in the number of regional and preferential trade agreements. By 2013, the number of such agreements had more than quadrupled, with all WTO members being a party to at least one preferential trade agreement. As of 1 February 2016, WTO had received 625 notifications of regional trade agreements, of which 425 are currently in force.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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