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Dutch Shell PLC and ConocoPhillips, CGC-17-561-370, Superior
Court of the State of California, Counties of San Francisco and
Alameda (Filed 09/19/17), removed to U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California (No. C 17-06012 WHA).
City of Imperial Beach v. Chevron et al., C-17-01227, Superior Court
of the State of California, County of Contra Costa (July 17, 2017).
County of Marin v. Chevron et al., 17-CIV-03222, Superior Court of
the State of California, County of Marin, CIV-17-02586, (July 17,
2017).
County of San Mateo v. Chevron et al., 17-CIV-03222, Superior
Court of the State of California, County of San Mateo (July 17, 2017).
Q22: Other than this study, are there any articles or publications made by your
organization regarding the matter which might prove useful for the
Commission’s inquiry?
A22: CIEL maintains a website, www.smokeandfumes.org, which may be of
additional use to the Commission. The website allows users to research
documents by a variety of criteria including by company, year, issue area
and key individuals.
CIEL and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
recently published States Human Rights Obligations in the Context of
Climate Change: A Synthesis Note on the Concluding Observations and
Recommendations Adopted by UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies. Notably,
Table 1 in this publication summarizes climate-relevant rights and principles
under various instruments, and Figure 4 provides a simple visual guide and
quantitative summary of the climate-relevant issue areas addressed by the
major human rights treaty bodies. This report is available at:
http://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/HRTBs-synthesisreport.pdf.
For more detailed citations, CIEL has created a fully searchable Data Portal
on Incorporating Human Rights into Climate Action. The portal, which is
searchable by country, may provide a useful resource for identifying and
contextualizing climate related statements and actions by human rights treaty
bodies relevant to the Philippines. It may be accessed at
http://climaterights.org/database/Philippines/.
With the United Nations Environment Program, CIEL has produced the
UNEP Compendium On Human Rights and the Environment: Selected
International Legal Materials and Cases. This Compendium may provide a
valuable, readily searchable source of additional information on cases and
proceedings referenced in the various amicus briefs submitted in the present
inquiry.
It
may
be
accessed
at:
http://www.ciel.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/03/UNEP_Compendium_HRE_Mar2014.pdf.
On request, I can provide a physical copy of this compendium at the hearing.