Climate Change and Human Rights Public Hearing Philippines

Ms. Laura Gyte, Senior Legal Adviser, Campaigns at Oxfam International shares her story at the climate change and human rights public hearing at the Commission and Human Rights (CHR) office in Quezon City.
A day after International Human Rights Day, the landmark investigation looking into the responsibility of 47 coal, oil, gas and cement companies for human rights violations suffered by the Filipino people, is back home in the Philippines to conclude in a two-day hearing with more testimonies from human rights advocates and from the climate frontlines.

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Shoot date: 11/12/2018

Locations: Asia, Luzon, Metro Manila, Philippines, Quezon City, Southeast Asia

Credit line: © Greenpeace

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Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Climate Change and Human Rights Public Hearing in Philippines

A day after International Human Rights Day, the landmark investigation looking into the responsibility of 47 coal, oil, gas and cement companies for human rights violations suffered by the Filipino people, is back home in the Philippines to conclude in a two-day hearing with more testimonies from human rights advocates and from the climate frontlines. The last two of five hearings were conducted in New York and London with international scientific and, legal experts, and Filipino survivors of various extreme weather events from the U.S., the U.K. and the Philippines, such as Haiyan, Mangkhut, Ondoy and Katrina.

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