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The Case of Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand at the Human Rights Committee: A Common Sense approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2022

Duncan Muhumuza Laki
Duncan Muhumuza Laki*
Affiliation:
Member of the Human Rights Committee.
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Extract

On October 24, 2019, The Human Rights Committee adopted a view in the case of Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand; a case concerning the complaint of a national of Kiribati, seeking asylum in New Zealand, from the effects of climate change in Kiribati. With his claim being rejected by New Zealand, Mr. Teitiota was returned to his country; however, he insisted that by sending him back to Kiribati, New Zealand violated his right to life under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by exposing him to conditions that endanger his life. The conditions included the sea level rise in Kiribati due to climate change, resulting in the scarcity of habitable space, environmental degradation, and saltwater contamination of the freshwater supply.

Type
Protecting People in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters
Information
Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 115 , 2021 , pp. 161 - 163
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The American Society of International Law.

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