Our Children’s Trust is a nonprofit organization, elevating the voice of youth, those
with most to lose, to secure the legal right to a healthy atmosphere and stable climate on behalf
of present and future generations. We lead a global human rights and environmental justice
campaign to implement enforceable science-based Climate Recovery Plans that will return
atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration to levels below 350 ppm.
Our Children’s Trust advises and supports a global network of lawyers in litigating
comprehensive climate change cases rooted in the fundamental and inalienable rights of citizens
and future generations to have vital natural resources protected for their use.
Our Children’s Trust has developed a specialized legal expertise in the duty of care that
governments around the world owe to their people and to future generations to protect and
preserve the stability of the climate system. In particular, Our Children’s Trust possesses
significant legal expertise in the inherent public trust obligation of sovereign governments and
the corresponding rights of citizens that together protect our core interest in survival and survival
resources, like air, water, oceans, shorelines, and climate.
Our Children’s Trust also holds relevant expertise in the science of climate recovery, as
we work closely with world renowned climate scientists and experts.
Our Children’s Trust submits the following amicus curiae brief to the Honourable
Commission on Human Rights (Commission) in the hope that this information may assist the
Commission in its investigation.
Our Children’s Trust declares to the Commission that this brief was independently
prepared by Our Children’s Trust; that no counsel for any party to this investigation (including
the Petitioners) authored this brief, in whole or in part; and that no person or entity contributed
money specifically for the preparation or submission of this brief.
Our Children’s Trust Amicus Curiae Brief
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