Climate change has been called the defining challenge for development of the 21st century and there is a widespread call for a humanrights based approach to combatting its effects. A humanrights 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
Report
In November 2024, we published a comprehensive report which looks at the realisation of all economic, social and cultural rights in the Highlands and Islands.
The report used the information we gathered during those visits - as well as desk-based research and analysis of humanrights... for understanding humanrights in the region.
Some of the most critical issues that we found are the apparent... to housing, the right to health, and the right to cultural life.
Across all rights examined
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