{"id":249640,"date":"2024-04-25T16:05:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/a-call-for-climate-justice-at-the-interamerican-court-of-human-rights\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T19:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T19:27:16","slug":"a-call-for-climate-justice-at-the-interamerican-court-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/a-call-for-climate-justice-at-the-interamerican-court-of-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"A Call for Climate Justice at the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>This week, the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (IACHR) started to hear testimony at the University of the West Indies, near Bridgetown, Barbados, addressing one of the most pressing global issues of our time: climate change and its implications on human rights. Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Research Scientist Carly Philips (pictured on the left above) testified on April 24. With dozens testifying over three packed days, the court heard powerful statements focused on impacts to small nation-states, connections between climate and health, calls for intergenerational justice, and\u2014the focus of UCS\u2019s input\u2014state obligations to reduce corporate emissions. All testimony was recorded and can be watched here.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Greater capacity brings greater responsibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The landmark hearing opened with statements by representatives from Chile and Colombia, which, in 2023,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ucsusa.org\/delta-merner\/a-call-for-climate-justice-at-the-interamerican-court-of-human-rights\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at blog.ucsusa.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights (IACHR) started to hear testimony at the University of the West Indies, near Bridgetown, Barbados, addressing one of the most pressing global issues of our time: climate change and its implications on human rights. 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