바른사회운동연합은 ‘다시 꿈꾸는 도시(Re-Imagining Cities, Republic of Korea)’, ‘국제환경법센터(Center on
International Environmental Law)’, ‘국제경제·사회·문화권리운동(Global Initiative for Economic·Social and
Cultural Rights)’와 함께 아래(첨부)의 자료를 유엔아동권리위원회에 공동 제출하였습니다.
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Briefing Note to the Committee on the Rights of the Child
for the consideration of the List of Issues on the Republic of Korea:
Republic of Korea’s climate policy and its obligations under
the Convention on the Rights of the Child
November 2018
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As noted by the UN Human Rights Council and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), children are
among the groups most vulnerable to climate change, which represents ‘one of the biggest threats to children’s
health.[1] The CRC has previously highlighted that climate change results in interference with many of the rights
protected by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention), including the rights to education,
to the highest attainable standard of health, to safe and drinkable water, to sanitation, to food and nutrition security, and to adequate housing and an adequate standard of living.[2]
The magnitude of the risk that climate change poses to these rights increases as temperatures continue to rise.
