- Volume 16 (2018), Issue 1
- Vol. 16 (2018), No. 1
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- Pages 86 - 92
- pp. 86 - 92
Die Wirkkraft der Menschenrechte im Klimawandel unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Pariser Übereinkommens vom 12. Dezember 2015
The Paris Agreement of 12 December 2015 is the first international treaty on climate change refering to the duty of States to protect human rights. This article discusses the significance of this evolution as well es questions left open: the uncertainty to know at which time negative effects on human rights can be expected; extraterritorial duties and cooperation of States; conflicting interests with and limitations of human rights in the context of climate change.