"By continuing to fund and support a fossil fuel-based energy system, the US is violating international law, a group of young people have argued to an international human rights body. The petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), filed late on Tuesday and shared exclusively with the Guardian, says the government's actions have violated the petitioners' human rights. The US's actions over the past 50 years constitute an internationally wrongful act that implicate its international responsibility,"
"The IACHR, part of the Organization of American States, is a quasi-judicial body that reviews and investigates complaints about human rights violations, then issues reports with findings and recommendations to the accused states. Its recommendations are not legally binding. The plea comes after the publication of two strongly worded advisory opinions on the climate crisis from two top international courts. It was filed by 15 of the 21 youth climate activists who previously brought the groundbreaking federal climate lawsuit Juliana v US,"
A group of young people filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights alleging that continued US funding and support for a fossil fuel-based energy system violates international law and the petitioners' human rights. The petition contends that US actions over the past 50 years constitute an internationally wrongful act that implicates US international responsibility. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a quasi-judicial body that reviews complaints and issues non-binding findings and recommendations. Fifteen of the 21 youth who brought Juliana v US filed the petition. The filing details harms suffered by young petitioners, including repeated evacuations from hurricanes and other climate-related impacts.
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