Torres Strait Islanders Leading the Charge on the Human Rights Implications of Climate Change: Daniel Billy et al. v Australia

Title: Torres Strait Islanders Leading the Charge on the Human Rights Implications of Climate Change: Daniel Billy et al. v Australia
Creator: McGaughey, Fiona; Maguire, Amy; Purcell, Sasha
Relation: University of Western Australia Law Review Vol. 51, Issue 1, p. 88-98
Relation: https://www.able.uwa.edu.au/centres/uwalr/issues/2024-volume-51-issue-1
Publisher: University of Western Australia * Law School
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2024
Description: Daniel Billy et al. v Australia is the first successful climate litigation case before a United Nations (‘UN’) human rights body. On September 23 2022, the UN Human Rights Committee found in favour of a group of eight Torres Strait Islanders, concluding that Australia’s failure to adequately protect them against adverse impacts of climate change violated their rights to enjoy their culture under Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and be free from arbitrary interferences with their private life, family and home under Article 17. Here, we discuss the decision and its broader context and significance in Australia and globally.
Subject: Daniel Billy; Australia; Human Rights Committee; climate change
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1499485
Identifier: uon:54699
Identifier: ISSN:0042-0328
Language: eng

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