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Africa: What Does Climate Refugees Judgment Mean for the Continent?

[ISS] On 20 January the United Nations Human Rights Committee ruled that returning people to countries where their lives could be threatened by climate change may violate their human rights and be unlawful. This is a landmark ruling because it's the first time the committee has recognised that climate refugees exist. It opens the door to refugee protection for those whose lives are threatened by climate change. via LATEST NEWS