Towards a Geneva Road Map
17.03.20
Supporting Environmental Defenders As public attention grows to the changing conditions of environmental civil society and defenders, increasing research,…
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See all articlesYoung Champions of the Earth
19.02.20
Invent the future Are you a change-maker, rain-maker, ground-breaker? Do you see opportunity where others see crisis? Do you want to…
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Series: The Defenders
17.02.20
The Guardian: In collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian has attempted to record the deaths of all these people, whether…
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UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
27.01.20
The UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies are the organisms from the international covenants that monitor the implementation of treaties mandated…
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Zero Tolerance Initiative – calling for an end to human rights abuse in global supply chains
04.12.19
The Zero Tolerance Initiative seeks to address violence, intimidation and killings of indigenous people and other human rights defenders linked…
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Write for Rights: Amnesty International launches global campaign championing youth activists
18.11.19
Amnesty International has today launched Write for Rights, the world’s biggest human rights campaign, which this year champions children’s rights and…
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A ‘Cool’ Way to Take Action after the Global Climate Strike
28.10.19
“Unite Behind The Science”, cries 16 year-old climate activist, Greta Thunberg, “that is our demand”. Ahead of the UN Climate…
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This landmark treaty aims to guarantee the full and effective implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean of the rights of access to environmental information, public participation in the environmental decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters.
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The Defending Land and Environmental Defenders Coalition was formed to build a bridge between international, national and local work, and overcome gaps between siloed communities who may be failing to build on each other's work
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