The United Nations has resolved the complaint of Greta Thunberg, who complained that 15 countries, including Turkey, did not take adequate precautions against climate change.
15 child activists, including Greta Thunberg, traveled to Turkey, Argentina, France, Brazil and Germany in 2019. because they do not take adequate precautions against climate change They accused them of violating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The case, which lasted for almost 2 years, came to a conclusion and the United Nations said that a total of 5 countries really neglected the rules of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, but that the activists they should first apply to the courts in their home country. expressed.
UN Committee justifies child activists
The countries complained of by the 15 activists are not China (27%), the USA (14.6%) or India (6.8%), which have the highest carbon footprints. The reason for this is that these countries have not signed the 2014 additional protocol to the UN convention. Among the countries complained of Turkey, which signed the agreement 30 years ago by accepting its responsibilities on children’s rights countries such as
The United Nations Committee, made up of 18 independent human rights experts, reached its final conclusion on this complaint submitted in 2019. As the activists said, the countries on the list are in conflict with the violations of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. “sufficient causal link” Despite all this, the committee decided that activists should first file complaints with the courts in their countries.
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