Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions and Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions
Conclusion
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This brief has put forward arguments supporting the petition submitted by Greenpeace Southeast
Asia and the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement requesting an investigation into the
responsibility of the Carbon Majors for human rights violations or threats of violations resulting from
the impacts of climate change. These arguments revolve around the role of human rights law in
addressing the impacts of climate change, and the interlinkages between human rights and climate
change law after the adoption of the Paris Agreement. The brief summarises developments in the
practice of states and international human rights bodies concerning the interconnected nature
of all human rights, the human rights obligations of corporations, as well as on the exercise of
jurisdiction. It concludes that the Commission has authority to investigate the petition, both on the
basis of domestic and international law.