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19 Cases found

Communication to the OECD’s Arrangement on efforts to expand the Coal-Fired Electricity Generation Sector

At issue: Special Procedures ask Participants to the OECD’s Arrangement on Officially Supported Credit Arrangement to commit to immediately stopping to build and support new coal-fired power plants, and require existing coal fired plants to terminate by 2030 in high-income nations, and 2040 in middle income nations.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Violations of human rights by to Federation of Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) and China due to coal fired plants in BiH

At issue: Alleged violations of human rights related to pollution, waste and effects on climate change resulting from the operation of a number of Chinese-supported coal fired plants operating or planned to operate in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Children’s Petition to the United Nations Secretary-General to Declare a Climate Emergency

At issue: Whether the UN Secretary-General should declare a climate emergency.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Secretary General
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Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) v. Australia

At issue: Whether Australia is violating human rights of young people by presenting inadequate Nationally Determined Contributions.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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Non-compliance Procedure of Croatia under the Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Question of implementation relating to the calculation of Croatia’s assigned amount and commitment period reserve
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Non-compliance Procedure of Canada under the Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Canada’s failure to establish a national registry in accordance with the guidelines and modalities
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Non-compliance Procedure of Kazakhstan under the Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Kazakhstan’s non-compliance with requirements under Articles 5 and 7 of the Kyoto Protocol and methodological, reporting and national registry requirements and adjustments required to its 2017 submission with respect to CO2, CH4 and N2O emission estimates.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Non-compliance Procedure of Monaco under the Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Monaco’s non-compliance with Articles 5 and 7 of the Kyoto Protocol in relation to its annual submission.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Non-compliance Procedure of Ukraine under the Kyoto Protocol II

At issue: Ukraine’s failure to establish a true-up period report demonstrating compliance with the Kyoto Protocol
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Non-compliance Procedure of Slovakia under the Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Slovakia’s failure to establish an initial report demonstrating compliance with the Kyoto Protocol
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Non-compliance Procedure of Lithuania under the Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Lithuania’s failure to establish an initial report demonstrating its capacity to account for emissions in compliance with guidelines under the Kyoto Protocol
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Non-compliance Procedure of Ukraine under the Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Ukraine’s failure to establish an initial report demonstrating compliance of its national systems with the procedures under the Kyoto Protocol.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Non-compliance Procedure of Romania under the Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Romania’s failure to establish an initial report demonstrating compliance of its national systems with the procedures under the Kyoto Protocol.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Non-compliance Procedure of Bulgaria under the Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Bulgaria’s failure to establish an initial report demonstrating its capacity to account for emissions
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Rights of Indigenous People in Addressing Climate-Forced Displacement

At issue: U.S. tribes filed human rights complaint with UN, alleging U.S. government has failed to address climate-caused displacement.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • UN Special Procedures
      • United Nations Special Rapporteurs
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UN Human Rights Committee Views Adopted on Teitiota Communication

At issue: Kiribati citizen argued New Zealand's denial of refugee status violated international human rights.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Human Rights Committee
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Sacchi, et al. v. Argentina, et al.

At issue: Whether respondents violated children’s rights under international law by making insufficient cuts to greenhouse gas emissions and failing to use available tools to protect children from carbon pollution by the world’s major emitters.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child
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Daniel Billy and others v Australia (Torres Strait Islanders Petition)

At issue: Whether Australia violated the human rights of low-lying islanders through failure to act on climate change
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Human Rights Committee
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Non-compliance Procedure of Greece Under The Kyoto Protocol

At issue: Greece’s failure to establish an initial report demonstrating its capacity to account for emissions
Jurisdictions:
  • United Nations
    • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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