ISLAND RIGHTS

Many small islands find themselves at the sharp end of the impact of climate change with rising sea levels and natural disasters posing a serious threat to the human rights of their people. Small islands are often the front line on dangerous migration routes and find themselves trying to manage complex human rights issues related to migrants' rights with limited resources. Island Rights Initiative can help small islands to engage internationally on global human rights issues that affect them... Some small island economies are built on international businesses like international finance and shipping that have global human rights impacts. Island Rights Initiative can help small islands to adapt to changing global standards in human rights and ensure that their economies drive human rights compliant business... Global challenges like combating terrorist financing, human trafficking and tackling money-laundering are issues that small islands, particularly those with significant financial..