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We Contributed to REDESCA’s call for inputs on Climate Justice and Human Rights
On 11 October, we submitted a report to the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights of the IACHR. The rapporteur invited stakeholders to present inputs and comments on the challenges and good practices in responding to climate emergency.
The submission aims to present relevant information on the regulatory and public policy frameworks to advance a fair energy transition based on the legislative analysis of four critical countries for decarbonisation in the Latin American region: Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Brazil.
The report starts by proposing a series of critical issues to be considered by States in their policy planification to advance a just energy transition developed progressively at the international level within environmental and human rights spaces, such as the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC or United Nations human rights treaty bodies. These critical considerations for public policy planning imply:
- Following a comprehensive approach
- Following an energy democratisation approach
- Following a human rights approach
- Having gender perspective
- Establishing equitable access to energy resources
- Guaranteeing access to public services, infrastructure, and social protection
- Conducting human rights due diligence
- The mobilisation of the maximum available resources
- Transparency and access to information
- Meaningful and effective participation
- Access to accountability mechanisms and effective remedies
- Coherence and interinstitutional coordination
Additionally, the report analyses challenges and good practices in (i) the domestic legal recognition of the concept of ‘just transition,’ (ii) the domestic legal recognition of the rights of Indigenous peoples and communities; (iii) corporate responsibility and due diligence practices; (iv) environmental and social impact assessment; (v) adequate financing; and (vi) access to information, participation, and accountability.
Finally, on the basis of the challenges and good practices identified, the report proposes a series of recommendations to advance an energy transition with a human rights-based approach.
The submission aims to contribute to a timely landmark study on human rights and climate justice in Latin America that will help expand and clarify States’ human rights obligations in the context of the climate emergency.
We welcome the REDESCA’s efforts to tackle this pressing issue.
You may read the submission here:
