Climate change can affect children's basic rights, says top Indonesian child observer


MAKASSAR, Indonesia (Bernama-ANTARA): Child observer in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Dr Hadawiah Hatita, stated that climate change could affect children's fulfillment of their basic, social, and cultural rights.

"Global warming, which is part of climate change, has the potential to affect the fulfillment of children's basic rights, including social and cultural rights among children," Hatita noted here on Sunday, reported ANTARA news agency.

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