Human Rights and Climate Change

A/HRC/RES/32/33View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

16 versions · 2008–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/62/14

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/62/14	Human rights and climate change	4,295	37%Compare
2025	A/HRC/RES/59/25	Human rights and climate change	5,334	65%Compare
2024	A/HRC/RES/56/8	Human rights and climate change	4,379	68%Compare
2023	A/HRC/RES/53/6	Human rights and climate change	3,721	45%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/50/9	Human rights and climate change	3,746	60%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2022–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/HRC/60/52	Synthesis report on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to just transition and the full realization of human rights for all people report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/56/8
2024	A/HRC/57/30	Analytical study on the impact of loss and damage from the adverse effects of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights, exploring equity-based approaches and solutions to addressing the same report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/53/6
2023	A/HRC/53/47	Adverse impact of climate change on the full realization of the right to food report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/50/9
2022	A/HRC/50/57	The impacts of climate change on the human rights of people in vulnerable situations report of the Secretary-General	A/HRC/RES/47/24

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Climate Change Conferences Human Rights Report Preparation Rights of the Child

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Expresses concern that climate change has contributed to the increase of both sudden-onset natural disasters and slow-onset events, and that these events have adverse effects on the full enjoyment of all human rights;

Emphasizes the urgent importance of continuing to address, as they relate to States’ human rights obligations, the adverse consequences of climate change for all, particularly in developing countries and the people whose situation is most vulnerable to climate change, especially children in a situation of extreme poverty, and deteriorating livelihood conditions;

Calls upon States to continue and enhance international cooperation and assistance for adaptation measures to help developing countries, especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change and persons in vulnerable situations, including children most at risk;

Decides to incorporate into its programme of work for the thirty-fourth session, on the basis of the different elements contained in the present resolution, a panel discussion on the adverse impact of climate change on States’ efforts to realize the rights of the child and related policies, lessons learned and good practices;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in consultation with and taking into account the views of States, the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, and other relevant international organizations and intergovernmental bodies, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and other stakeholders, to conduct, from within existing resources, a detailed analytical study on the relationship between climate change and the full and effective enjoyment of the rights of the child, to be submitted to the Council prior to its thirty-fifth session and to be further informed by the panel discussion mandated in paragraph 4 above;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to submit to the Human Rights Council, at its session following the panel discussion, a summary report, including any recommendations stemming therefrom, for consideration of further follow-up action;

Invites special procedure mandate holders, within their respective mandates, and other relevant stakeholders, including academic experts and civil society organizations, to contribute actively to the panel discussion;

Encourages relevant special procedure mandate holders to continue to consider the issue of climate change and human rights, including the adverse impact of climate change on the enjoyment of children’s rights, within their respective mandates;

Calls upon States to consider, among other aspects, human rights within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;

Also calls upon States to integrate a gender perspective in pursuing mitigation and adaptation responses to the adverse impact of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of the rights of every boy and girl;

Decides to consider the possibility of organizing follow-up events on climate change and human rights;

Requests the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner to provide all the human and technical assistance necessary for the effective and timely realization of the above-mentioned panel discussion, the summary report thereon, and the analytical study;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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