ABSTRACT
Members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, a group of 20 States directly concerned with the impact of climate change, have also been very active in making the bridge between the Human Rights Council (HRC) and the negotiation of the Paris Agreement. On 7 to 18 December 2009, the 15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is interesting to note that the reference to human rights and climate change in the HRC documents did not come from one of the members of the Council, but from one of the UN HRC Special Procedures. Over the decade, the evidence that climate change already has and will continue to have an impact on the enjoyment of human rights has become an increasingly important issue on the agenda of the HRC and of its Special Procedures.
