by admin | 10.12.20 | Uncategorized
The Elisabeth-Selbert-Initiative (ESI) is a new initiative, founded by the German Federal Foreign Office, in the protection of Human Rights Defenders. The program offers temporary relocation grants and on-site assistance or those who, because of their peaceful...
by admin | 10.12.20 | Uncategorized
‘Gladys Habu knows first-hand the devastation climate change is already visiting on the world. The 25-year-old has vivid memories of Kale Island, a tiny islet in the Solomon Islands archipelago where she used to swim and barbecue on the white sand beaches. It’s...
by admin | 07.12.20 | Uncategorized
Conservation Letters Abstract: Close to two thousand environmental human rights defenders have been killed in 57 countries since 2002, with about four losing their lives every week in 2019. Many of these defenders represent Indigenous Peoples and local communities...
by admin | 04.12.20 | Uncategorized
Geneva Road Map for Environmental Human Rights Defenders The Geneva Roadmap in nutshell a collective effort to bridge action for Environmental Human Rights Defenders. 4 collective action goals Linking human rights and environmental communities Effective...
by admin | 19.11.20 | Uncategorized
On Thursday 22 October 2020, Mam Fikile Ntshangase was assassinated in her home in front of her young grandson. Her crime? She was a leader who had resolved to stand with her community and say NO to the expansion of the Tendele coal mine in Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal,...
by admin | 12.11.20 | Uncategorized
June 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the unanimous endorsement by the Human Rights Council of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). A major step forward in efforts to prevent and address business-related human rights abuse,...
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