Youth Climate Courts: How You Can Host a Human Rights Trial for People and Planet

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Dear Reader
Introduction
	Premises
	The Plight of the Young
	Brief Overview of Youth Climate Courts
	Purposes of Youth Climate Courts
	How to Read this Book
	Notes
1 How Does a Youth Climate Court Work?
	Why Conduct a Youth Climate Court?
	Whom Should Youth Courts Put on Trial?
	Roles of the Youth Climate Court Team
		The Youth Judge
		The Question to Be Decided
		The Youth Prosecuting Team
		The Youth Liaison for the Government Representative to the Court
		Youth Jury Members
		Media Organizer (For News Reporters, Bloggers, Social Media Outlets, etc.)
		Video-Recording Organizer
		Adult Advisor or Mentor?
	But Will Governments Even Show Up?
	Youth Climate Courts’ Teeth
	The Prosecutor’s Argument
	The Verdict
		If Not Guilty
		If Guilty
	Issuing a Mandate
		Mandate Options
			Restorative Justice Process
			Climate Emergency and Climate Action Plan
			Climate-in-all-policies Rule
			Formally Endorse and Promote the Declaration on Human Rights and Climate Change
			Add Climate Language or Amendment to Founding Document
			Divest City or County Investments From Fossil Fuel Corporations
			Artistic Installations
			Any Combination of the Above
		Climate Emergency Declarations
		Climate Action Plans
	International Coalition of Youth Courts
	Basic Steps in the Process of Developing a Youth Climate Court
	Adaptable, Flexible, Malleable, Innovative
	Notes
2 What Are Human Rights?
	What Are Human Rights?
	Modern History of Human Rights
	Human Rights as Moral and Legal Standards
	Why Human Rights?
	The Purpose of Governments
	Human Rights Obligations of Governments
	Tools Available in Human Rights Advocacy
		Telling the Story
		Claiming Moral Authority With Human Rights Assessments, Reports, Tribunal and Inquiry Findings
		Exercising Moral Power: Inquiries, Tribunals, and Youth Climate Courts
	The Power of the Moral
	Notes
3 Which Specific Human Rights?
	Environmental Justice
	Right to Life
	Right to Health
	Right to an Adequate Standard of Living
	Right to Food
	Right to Water and Sanitation
	Rights of the Child
	Rights of Vulnerable Populations
	The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Own, Use, Develop, and Control Traditional Lands and Water
	Right to a Healthy Environment
	Human Rights Documents
	Notes
Coda: Youth Interventions for an Addicted World
	Notes
Appendices
	Appendix I: The Declaration on Human Rights and Climate Change
	Preamble
		The Following Principles Are Declared
	Appendix II: The Restorative Justice Only Option
	Appendix III: A Note on Rights of Nature
	Appendix IV: Measures That Local Governments Should Consider Including in Their Climate Action Plans
	Appendix V: Potential Risks to Youth Organizers?