Impact of climate change on the right to life

Direct effects of climate change on human rights 

 right to life


where the right to life, is considered the basis of rights, and even though there are no other rights without it.

 And the cultural value of the individual includes his enjoyment of dignity, freedom, equality and education, as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issued by the United Nations in 1948 affirmed Article (3) of it, (everyone has the right to life, freedom and security of his person), as stipulated in Article (6) ) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights issued in 1966" (The right to life is an inherent right of every human being, and the law must protect this right, and no one may be arbitrarily deprived of his life Priority, the reality confirms that climate change will affect it through hunger, and malnutrition and the related disturbances, and tensions and the possibility of conflicts and crises, and according to the United Nations Environment Program, nearly (7.2 million) people  around the world will die as a result of of air pollution, where about (4 million) of these deaths occur in the Asia and Pacific region, (12) and these figures confirm beyond any doubt that the issue of climate change, is an issue of existence since it affects one of the most sacred rights, which requires concerted efforts to reduce this The phenomenon is to preserve the human right to life.

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