Empowering National Human Rights Institutions to Advance
Rights-Based Climate Action
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Promotion and monitoring of environmental, social, and
human rights risks (including mobility risks) and impact
assessments
Level of support from national
authorities for the NHRI's role in CCMA
Figure 11. Promotion and monitoring
of risks and impact assessment
Figure 12. Level of political support
NHRIs indicated their current engagement in monitoring environmental, social and human
rights risks impact assessments on climate-related projects, one NHRI (India) indicated
that they do this regularly, while another two (Nepal, Bangladesh) indicated that they do
this occasionally (Figure 11). In relation to the level of political support to NHRIs in their
engagement with national authorities, one NHRI (India) reported strong support while three
(Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan) indicated moderate support (Figure 12).
The extent the NHRI feels it can
operate independently without
undue influence from political
entities in CCMA matters
Main security challenges
NHRI faces when addressing
human rights issues related
to CCMA
Figure 13. Operational independence
and security challenges