Draft Environmental Principles Policy Statement for NI

NICCY would like to take the opportunity to draw attention to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s Concluding Observations following the examination of the UK State Party published in June 2023 which, for the first time, included environmental health and the impact of climate change on the rights of the child as a stand-alone heading. This was in no small part due to the advocacy and work of 16,331 children from 121 countries who helped write General Comment 26 published in September 2023.

The full response can be downloaded at the right-hand side of this page.