Written Input: Now Online
Written contributions for The United Nations Human Rights CESCR's draft general comment on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development are now online - here
If you'd like to read my input: here
In my written contribution, I've identified some key gaps in the draft general comment, some of which are here highlighted:
- Older Persons’ rights and agency are omitted [remembering KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland at ECtHR].
- Children & youth activism can be better highlighted (vulnerabilities are stressed, but not agency). Further, the draft has no mention of “youth”—and their agency—as litigants, negotiators, and activists, among others.
- Strengthening women entrepreneurship and care economies for societal resilience and sustainability need to be included
- Rising gig economy need more State protection on workers' rights.
- Methane emissions and city-level approaches can be integrated under the context of environmental dimension of sustainable development. It needs to have a clear integration with human rights frameworks.
Hoping the publication of the General Comment will look into these 🌱
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