Climate change poses serious threats to the enjoyment of human rights around the world, particularly for the most vulnerable members of society; hence, states have positive and negative duties when safeguarding substantive and procedural rights in this context. However, there are several legal challenges when human rights law is used to address the effects of climate change. Said challenges are mostly tangible, not only for climate change-related cases in domestic and regional human rights law situations, but also as regards climate change mitigation measures as a potential threat to human rights.
KEYWORDS: Climate Change, Human Rights, Environmental Law, regional regulation, regulation.
JEL CODE: Q54, J21
RESUMENEl cambio climático enlaza serias amenazas al disfrute de los derechos humanos en todo el mundo, especialmente en los secto-res más vulnerables de la sociedad. Esto implica que los Estados tie-nen deberes positivos y negativos al proteger los derechos sustantivos y procesales en este contexto. Sin embargo, existen varios desafíos le-gales cuando se utilizan los derechos humanos para abordar los efec-tos del cambio climático. Dichos desafíos son en su mayoría palpables, no sólo en los casos nacionales y regionales de derechos humanos re-lacionados con el cambio climático, sino también en las medidas de mitigación del cambio climático como una amenaza latente para los derechos humanos.
ABSTRACTClimate change poses serious threats to the enjoyment of human rights around the world, particularly for the most vulnerable members of society; hence, states have positive and negative duties when safeguarding substantive and procedural rights in this context. However, there are several legal challenges when human rights law is used to address the effects of climate change. Said challenges are mostly tangible, not only for climate change-related cases in domestic and regional human rights law situations, but also as regards climate change mitigation measures as a potential threat to human rights.
KEYWORDS: Climate Change, Human Rights, Environmental Law, regional regulation, regulation.
JEL CODE / CLASIFICACIÓN JEL: Q54, J21