Inter–American Climate Law

Deschamps, Luiza; LEGALE, Siddharta; CAUSANILHAS, Tayara. Inter-American Climate Law. Rio de Janeiro. NIDH, 2024. ISBN.

This book is based on the memorial presented by the Inter-American Human Rights Clinic of the NIDH-UFRJ to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in response to the request for an advisory opinion from Colombia and Chile on “Climate Emergency and Human Rights”.

There are two parts: the first theoretical and the second practical, which is subdivided into eight blocks of questions on: (i) Duties of prevention and the Paris Agreement; (ii) Right to access to information and transparency for mitigation and adaptation; (iii) Protection and rights of children; (iv) Access to justice and duty to consult; (v) Protection of women, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants; (vi) Cooperation between States and international organizations in relation to the duty of reparation; (vii) Most vulnerable territories: Caribbean, islands and coastal regions; and (viii) Displacement of people due to the climate emergency.

The answer to each of the blocks of questions is based on the treaties, international declarations, principles of international environmental law and taking into account the material from international bodies, mainly the IPCC reports, as well as the reports, opinions and cases of the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights.