States should address environmental harm that interferes with the full enjoyment of
human rights, including harm caused by climate change impacts.
State obligations include remedial measures, as well as preventive measures.
International law requires the Philippines to respond when human rights abuses occur
within its territory, including with respect to abuses caused by businesses located outside
its territory. States in which a corporate actor is domiciled, as well as States in which the
victims reside, have obligations to prevent that business from abusing human rights. The
Philippines therefore has positive obligations to assess these abuses and to provide access
to a remedy for the victims of climate change.
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