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- Title
BİRLEŞMİŞ MİLLETLER İNSAN HAKLARI KOMİTESİ'NİN TEİTİOTA KARARININ ARDINDAN "İKLİM MÜLTECİLERİ".
- Authors
KAYĞUSUZ AKBAY, Mehtap
- Abstract
The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), charged with monitoring of implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), issued an important ruling concerning the communication submitted by Ioane Teitiota against New Zealand, Teitiota a citizen of the Republic of Kiribati, who has claimed to be a "climate refugee". The ruling which was taken on 24 October 2019 and issued on 7 January 2020 has brought many issues back to the agenda, such as "climate refugees", the principle of non-refoulement, states' obligation and international cooperation. In this study, the place of the controversial concept of "climate refugee" in international law, the human rightsdimension of this subject, more specifically the principle of non-refoulement are discussed in the light of the Committee's ruling in the Teitiota case.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; KIRIBATI; ENVIRONMENTAL refugees; UNITED Nations; INTERNATIONAL obligations; POLITICAL rights; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; HUMAN rights
- Publication
Dokuz Eylul University Journal of Graduate School of Social Sciences, 2021, Vol 23, Issue 1, p223
- ISSN
1302-3284
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.16953/deusosbil.778002