A HUMAN RIGHT TO RELOCATE: THE CASE FOR CLIMATE MIGRANTS
A HUMAN RIGHT TO RELOCATE: THE CASE FOR CLIMATE MIGRANTS

Author(s): Melina Duarte
Subject(s): Applied Geography, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: human rights; relocation; migration; climate migrants;
Summary/Abstract: Human rights are abstractly defined as the basic set of fundamental rights and freedoms owed equally to every person by virtue of being human. At its core, human rights are supported by the idea of human dignity, freedom, justice and world peace (UN 1948, Preamble). Human rights law aims at rendering this ideal more concrete by enacting a universal code that regulates the state’s actions towards individuals and groups (UN 1948, Preamble). The code aggregates a series of basic civil, political, economic, cultural and social rights that are meant to be protected irrespective of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status (UN 1948, art. 2).

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