Research | 30 April 2026

This submission to the Human Rights Advisory Committee highlights the diverse human rights impacts of sea-level rise, with particular reference to the impacts on people living in the low-lying atoll nations of Tuvalu and Kiribati, and in relation to their displacement associated with sea-level rise and climate change more generally. It also shows how similar effects are being experienced around the world, especially people living in small island states or in coastal areas in lower income countries that bear little responsibility for climate change – including in Bangladesh, Fiji, Honduras Pakistan, and Senegal. The submission ends with recommendations to states to avert, minimize and address these impacts.