Khaled Hassine specializes in international and human rights law and has worked extensively on housing, land and property (HLP) rights and redress mechanisms, as well as on land solutions for climate displaced persons. He has advised UN peace operations, research institutes and NGOs, is a member of the HLP Group of the UN Global Protection Cluster, and the UNHCR Livelihoods Advisory Board. He was honored with an Academia award for his outstanding contribution to research on HLP rights and mass claims procedures in post conflict situations. He currently works at the United Nations Secretariat with the UN Human Rights Office.
Part I. Research Framework: 1. Introduction
2. Climate displacement scenarios
Part II. Connecting the Dots: 3. Human mobility and the climate change framework
4. Climate change and human rights: the path of convergence
5. Mobilizing the United Nations human rights machinery
6. The road to Paris
7. Intermediate remarks
Part III. Protection Challenges and Policy Options: 8. Normative framework and protection challenges
9. Existing frameworks and policy options
10. Intermediate remarks
Part IV. A Framework for Handling Climate Displacement: The Peninsula Principles: 11. Introductory remarks
12. Background
13. Nature and structure of the Peninsula principles
14. Scope of application
15. General obligations under the Peninsula principles
16. Human rights imperatives
17. Prevention commanding relocation
18. Protection and assistance throughout the displacement cycle
19. Return of climate displaced persons
20. Operationalizing and applying the Peninsula principles
21. Implementation ¿ impact and impediments
Conclusion.
