Joint Summary of the
Amicus Curiae
IN RE: NATIONAL INQUIRY ON THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE
HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE FILIPINO PEOPLE
CHR-NI-2016-0001
19 March 2018
The following summarizes the amicus curiae briefs and submissions filed in Support of
Petitioners Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement’s
Petition Requesting Investigation of the responsibility of the Carbon Majors for human rights
violations and threats of violations resulting from the impacts of climate change to the
Commission on the Human Rights of the Philippines filed in November 2016. It also contains
relevant updates.