Moreover, country visits enable investigators to gather a first‑hand account of enforced disappearances and listen to victims, she observed. She went on to underline that, while new technologies can be used to restrict fundamental human rights, they can also be used to document and investigate human rights violations, obtain evidence and promote accountability. Reprisals against families searching for their loved ones remain common, explaining why many disappearances go unreported, she cautioned. Highlighting promising practices, he pointed to a “climate passport” that will offer those who are at risk of global warming the option of gaining access to civil rights in safe countries as well as a humanitarian visa to migrant applicants who are victims of environmental disasters.Įarlier in the day, Aua Baldé, Chair‑Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, highlighting the transmission of 375 new cases of enforced disappearances to 26 States, stressed that these figures are only a tiny fraction of the magnitude of enforced disappearances in the world today. Those who cross borders from areas affected by climate change will do so in the context of conflict or persecution, and therefore may be refugees entitled to protection under international and regional refugee law, while others may not qualify for protection under the refugee regime or as Stateless persons, he said. Voicing concern over the remaining gap in international law regarding protection of persons on the move for environmental reasons, he emphasized that international and regional refugee law should not be dismissed automatically in claims by migrants for refugee status. Addressing the lack of rights protection for migrants at all stages of their journey, he said gender, age, race and disability status influence the extent to which migration can be a positive adaptation strategy to climate change. One of the six independent experts briefing the Committee today, Felipe González Morales, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, described climate change as an increasingly potent driver of migration, compelling millions of people to leave their homes each year. With delegates raising questions on how to effectively protect affected populations during interactive dialogues. Special Rapporteur Questions Whether Migration Can Act as Positive Adaptation to Counter Climate ChangeĬlimate change as a driver of migration, an increase in enforced disappearances, the misuse of digital technologies violating the right to privacy and educational disparities worldwide were among concerns addressed by human rights experts in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today. SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION, 23RD & 24TH MEETINGS (AM & PM)
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