Prospects for protection in light of the Human Rights Committee’s decision in Teitiota v New Zealand

Behrman, Simon and Kent, Avidan (2021) Prospects for protection in light of the Human Rights Committee’s decision in Teitiota v New Zealand. The Polish Migration Review.

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Abstract

The recent decision of the Human Rights Committee (HRC) in the case between Ioane Teitiota and New Zealand was hailed by many as an important step towards the protection of climate refugees. For the first time, it seems that a window has been opened in international law for the legal protection of those having to migrate due to the catastrophic results of climate change. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights referred to it as a ‘historic’ decision that ‘opens [the] door to climate change asylum cases’. Media outlets have labelled this ruling as a ‘landmark’ decision, and organisations such as Amnesty International defined it as ‘a ground-breaking asylum case’.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > International Law University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2020 00:01
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2023 00:22
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75770
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