The Citizens Coalition for Social Justice, in cooperation with Re-Imagining Cities,
The Center on International Environmental Law, and The Global Initiative for Economic·
Social and Cultural Rights, has jointly drafted and submitted the following briefing note
regarding Korea’s Policy on climate and coal power plants to the UN Committee
on the Rights of the Child.
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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.