Establishing a Human Rights-Based Approach to Climate Change-Induced Internal Displacement in the Regime of Bangladesh: Challenges and Way Forward

The rise of global temperature and climate change creates multiple adverse impacts on the life and livelihood of human beings, as well as on the environment and non-human biodiversity. One of the significant effects of climate change is that the sea level will rise and submerge substantial parts of low-lying countries, which is one of the significant reasons for being displaced internally. Bangladesh’s marginalised and displaced population is perhaps one of the worst victims of climate change. Despite the given fact, establishing a legal relationship between climate change and human rights law remains one of the daunting tasks of policymakers. There is numerous research on Disaster Risk Reduction and disaster management adaptation in Bangladesh to identify normative gaps for protecting internal climate-displaced people in Bangladesh. Despite significant developments in law and policy measures, the normative gaps and lack of protection mechanisms and durable solutions to address climate change-induced internal displacement still exist significantly in Bangladesh. This paper primarily revisits the current policy framework to understand the challenges of applying a human rights-based approach in national law and policy framework in Bangladesh. Secondly, the chapter identifies the shortcomings and barriers of prevention and preparedness mechanisms for displacement and recommends durable solutions that are most needed to protect climate change-induced displaced populations.