Poverty and Economics

The submission contributes information on the different aspects of children’s access to justice in relation to rights violations resulting from environmental damage.  

A group of children brought a petition to Washington’s Department of Ecology, asking them to adopt a rule to limit carbon emissions in their state. After being denied and then ignored they appealed against the Department’s rulemaking process claiming that, to be effective, it would have to be in line with up-to-date climate science.

Contents: Introduction - International law and the special protected status of children - Why are children stateless? -...