Author Archives: Verónica de la Rosa Jaimes

About Verónica de la Rosa Jaimes

Verónica de la Rosa Jaimes, J.D., LL.M. (UNAM), Ph.D. (Hons.) (UNAM). She spent one year conducting research for her doctoral thesis at the European Institute of Human Rights in France. She has taught at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, TEC de Monterrey and was a visiting professor at the University of Montpellier 1, France. As a certified attorney in Mexico, she has worked for the National Human Rights Commission. Verónica taught most recently at Niagara College and Bow Valley College. She has many publications to her credit, mostly in the area of international human rights law. Her teaching and research interests are in international human rights law, environmental law and international law. Verónica is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Faculty of Law of the University of Calgary working on climate change litigation in both national and international law.

The Petition of the Arctic Athabaskan Peoples to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights

By: Verónica de la Rosa Jaimes

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Matter Commented On: Petition to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights seeking relief from violations of the rights of Arctic Athabaskan Peoples resulting from rapid arctic warming and melting caused by emissions of black carbon by Canada

The indigenous peoples of the Arctic, including the Arctic Athabaskan peoples, have contributed the least to the accelerated warming and melting of the Arctic through emissions of greenhouse gases yet they are among the first to face direct environmental, social and human impacts of climate change. On April 23rd, 2013 the Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC), represented by Earthjustice and Ecojustice Canada, on behalf of all the Arctic Athabaskan Peoples of the Arctic regions of Canada and United States, filed a petition with the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) seeking relief from violations of their rights resulting from rapid Arctic warming and melting caused by emissions of black carbon for which Canada has international responsibility. The petition is a detailed and comprehensive memorial that includes a thorough analysis of international human rights law and case law, as well as the evidence of some Athabaskan people claiming violations of their human rights.

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