Human Dignity, the CEDGG and Sciences Po HEDG Law School Clinic submit a joint report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights regarding Kenya's compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at the 77th session of the Committee to be held between 10-28 February 2025.
This joint report aims to provide information on the Kenyan government's assessment, mitigation and adaptation to the impacts of climate change on economic, social and cultural rights including the right to health.
It analyses the Kenyan government's response to the impact of climate change on women's right to health around Lake Baringo in the Rift Valley Province in the west-central region of Kenya. It asserts that this response has not been sufficiently effective and targeted and highlights the issues on which the government should take further action: reproductive and maternal health facilities, gender-based violence, malaria rates, animal attacks displacement and animal attacks.