and adherence to its legal obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law....The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights (link to Home page in English) is a sister National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) to the SHRC, and is recognised by the United Nations as an "A status" NHRI. The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights is part of the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions.
The PICHR have made the following statement
Climate change has been called the defining challenge for development of the 21st century and there is a widespread call for a human rights based approach to combatting its effects. A human rights approach to climate justice recognises and makes explicit the human face of climate change – in many cases, the human cost. As important and profound as the impact on the natural world may be – loss of species, loss of habitats, bleached coral reefs, shrinking polar ice and more – there are also
always carry out stop and search powers within the law. If used inappropriately, these powers pose a threat to everyone’s right to privacy, protected in our law by the Human Rights Act and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. All of us should be free to go about our daily business...The Scottish Human Rights Commission has called for an end to the police practice of carrying out... and communities and would be a positive and constructive approach to protecting the human rights
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