Join us for a talk with Margaretha Wewerinke, Visiting Scholar, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, on her recent research paper. The paper focuses on one specific area of international law that is relevant to climate-induced migration, namely the right of persons belonging to minorities to enjoy their cultures. It explores how international law may provide protection of indigenous peoples’ enjoyment of their cultures, as guaranteed by Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in scenarios of climate-induced migration. I will peruse the Human Rights Committee’s interpretation of Article 27, with particular attention to its link with the rights of peoples to self-determination and to freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources as protected under Article 1 of the Covenant.
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