Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Opportunity:

Call for participation: Model UN Refugee Challenge [info]
- One of the proposed topics is Climate Change and Displacement (see the background guide); Model UN organizers should register for the Challenge at least 6 weeks before the start of their MUN conference.

Blog posts & press:

"Canada Has a Moral Obligation to Accept Climate Migrants," Policy Options Magazine, 5 Feb. 2020 [text]

Climate Crises: The Myth of Eco Refugees (EPiCENTER Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

Climate Refugees: The Fabrication of a Migration Threat (Hein de Haas Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

The Global Forum on Migration and Development: Three Big Takeaways for the Climate Displacement Community (RI Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

The Policy Problems of Fleeing Disaster: Australia’s Fires Have Revealed the Need to be Prepared for the Effects of Displacement (APPS Policy Forum, Jan. 2020) [text]

More on Human Rights Committee decision:

Climate Change in the Human Rights Committee (EJIL Talk Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

Climate Change as a Trigger of Non-Refoulement Obligations Under International Human Rights Law (EJIL Talk Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

"Climate Refugees Have a Path Forward for the First Time," Slate, 19 Feb. 2020 [text]

*"Réfugiés Climatiques": Une Décision Historique du Comité des Droits de l’Homme de l’ONU? (The Conversation, Feb. 2020) [text]

Teitiota v New Zealand: A Step Forward in the Protection of Climate Refugees under International Human Rights Law? (Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, Jan. 2020) [text]

The UN Human Rights Committee's Recent Decision on Climate Displacement (Asylum Insight, Feb. 2020) [text]

What Does the Climate Refugees Judgment Mean for Africans? (ISS Today, Feb. 2020) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Forced Migration: Empowering Mobility When Moving Isn't a Choice," Chapter in Our Future on Earth 2020 (Future Earth, Feb. 2020) [text]
- Scroll to 44. See also related post on The Conversation.

"'Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses': The Case to Reform US Asylum Law to Protect Climate Change Refugees," DePaul Journal for Social Justice, vol. 13, no. 1 (2019) [full-text]

"The Protection of Climate Refugees under the African Human Rights System: Proposing a Value-driven Approach," African Human Rights Yearbook, vol. 3 (2019) [open access]

"Use of Force in Crisis: A Comparative Look at the Domestic and International Laws Governing the Use of U.S. Military Force to Respond to Mass Climate Refugee Migration," Hastings Environmental Law Journal, vol. 26, no. 1 (Winter 2020) [full-text]

Weak Links: Challenging the Climate & Migration Paradigm in the Horn of Africa & Yemen (Mixed Migration Centre, Feb. 2020) [text]

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Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (24 Jan. 2020)

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