costs-of-philippine-typhoons-for-families-baby-girls/ and
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/20/typhoon-haiyan-children-vulnerable-unicef
145
See CRC General Comment 11, (2009) Indigenous Children and their Rights under the Convention:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/GC.11_indigenous_New.pdf
146
UN DESA (2009), State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples,
United Nations, Available at: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/SOWIP/en/SOWIP_web.pdf
147
UNDP, Fast Facts: Indigenous Peoples of the Philippines (2013), available at:
http://www.ph.undp.org/content/philippines/en/home/library/democratic_governance/FastFacts-IPs.html. Note
that population statistics on Indigenous Peoples do not appear to be published with the Census data (which was
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148
UNICEF, The situation of Indigenous children in ARMM: A participatory research with Indigenous Children and
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149
Statement by TEBTEBBA Foundation, Situation of Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines: Submission to the
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150
UNICEF Philippines/Institute for Autonomy and Governance, The situation of Indigenous children: A
participatory research with Indigenous children and their communities in Mainland ARMM, p. 16
151
Ibid.
152
TEBTEBBA Foundation, commissioned by UNICEF Philippines (forthcoming), Situation of Indigenous
Children in the Philippines
153
UN Habitat (2016), World Cities Report: Urbanization and Development: http://wcr.unhabitat.org/
154
UNICEF Philippines (2017) Climate Landscape Analysis for Children in the Philippines, Op. Cit
155
UNICEF Philippines, Situational Analysis of Children in the Philippines (2017), Op.Cit
156
Ibid.
157
UNICEF, Disabilities: https://www.unicef.org/disabilities/
158
https://psa.gov.ph/content/persons-disability-philippines-results-2010-census
159
World Health Organisation/World Bank (2011), World Report on
Disability: http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/report/en/
160
CNN Philippines, 3 March 2017, ‘Breaking the stigma on Filipino children with disabilities���:
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161
UNICEF Philippines, 30 May 2013, ‘See the Child – before the disability’:
https://www.unicef.org/philippines/mediacentre_20997.html
162
GMA News Online, 19 July 2016, ‘UNICEF: Focus on capabilities of kids with disabilities, ensure their rights’:
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/healthandwellness/574156/unicef-focus-on-capabilities-of-kids-withdisabilities-ensure-their-rights/story/, accessed 18 November 2017
163
UNICEF written submission to the study of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human
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http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/ClimateChange/RightsChild/UNICEF.docx
164
OHCHR (2017), Analytical study on the relationship between climate change and the full and effective
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165
International Disability Alliance & International Disability and Development Consortium, Call for Action to
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IDDC_IDA.pdf
166
See e.g ‘Climate Justice: The international momentum towards climate litigation’ (2016), which draws
similarities between the fossil fuel industry and the challenges faced by those seeking reparation for harms from
the asbestos industry, due to the time lag between profits and harm caused:
https://www.boell.de/sites/default/files/report-climate-justice-2016.pdf
167
UN Special Rapporteur John Knox, 24 June 2016, UCL, available at https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/5163
168
The court found ‘no difficulty in ruling that they [the petitioners] can, for themselves, for others of their
generation and for succeeding generations, file a class suit […]’ in order to protect the rain forest. See Minors
Oposa v. Secretary of the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources [1994] 33 ILM 173.
169
Climate Change Act and NCCAP.
170
Republic Act No.10821, see http://www.savethechildren.org.ph/childrens-emergency-relief-and-protection-act
171
https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/us/federal-lawsuit
172
See: http://www.urgenda.nl/en/climate-case/
173
See:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/571d109b04426270152febe0/t/58dd45319f74568a83fd7977/14908961781
23/13.03.22.ClimateChangePetition.pdf
174
See: https://www.hausfeld.com/documents/Filed_Climate_Change_Complaint_Stamped_Copy.pdf, filed
November 2017
175
See Our Children’s Trust, Global Legal Actions: http://ourchildrenstrust.org/legal/international
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