The Psychological Society of Ireland’s (PSI) response to the call
from the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child:
Draft General Comment No. 26. Calls for comment on the draft general comment on children’s rights and the
environment with a special focus on climate change.
Cowley-Cunningham, MichelleORCID: 0000-0002-1997-6009, Rogers, ElaineORCID: 0009-0009-8091-3267 and Carey, AlexisORCID: 0000-0002-6663-567X
(2023)
The Psychological Society of Ireland’s (PSI) response to the call
from the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child:
Draft General Comment No. 26. Calls for comment on the draft general comment on children’s rights and the
environment with a special focus on climate change.
Policy Report.
Psychological Society of Ireland.
Calls for comment on the draft general comment on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change:
III. ‘Specific rights of the Convention as they relate to the environment’, B. The right to the highest attainable standard of health (art. 24), 27. … children’s current and anticipated psychosocial, emotional and mental health problems and suffering caused by environmental
harm.