UC Berkeley Law students head to Copenhagen

From UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall – Zoe Loftus-Farren and Cáitrín McKiernan, two students in the school’s  International Human Rights Law Clinic, have written a report calling on nations to address the human rights impacts of climate change policy. They will present the report at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

Protecting People and the Planet: A Proposal to Address the Human Rights Impacts of Climate Change Policy, highlights the unintended consequences of climate change policies, and recommends that states adopt a program for action to develop policies that incorporate international human rights standards.