Around the world, those who defend the environment and the human rights that depend on it face all types of obstacles, challenges and threats. Overcoming adversity, environmental human rights defenders have been working to change the lifes of many.
children´s rights | right to development | right to education | right to environmental information | right to food | right to freedom of expression and opinion | right to health | right to life | right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation
Ridhima Pandey is an energetic girl ready to fight for what she believes in. When she was 9 years old, she went to the courts of her country, India, to file a lawsuit before the government for its lack of action in the protection of the ...
right to development | right to environmental information | right to life | rights of EHRD
Virunga National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Situated in a region which has been deeply impacted by the effects of war and armed conflict for over 20 years, Virunga is protected by the more ...
right to environmental information | right to freedom of assembly and association | right to freedom of expression and opinion | right to participate in environmental decision-making | rights of EHRD
'Defensores Ambientales del Río Marañón': The Marañón River is one of the most important water sources in Peru and a key Amazon tributary. In late April 2011, former Peruvian President Alan Garcia declared that the construction of 20 dams on the
land rights | prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment | right to freedom from arbitrary detention | right to freedom of expression and opinion | right to liberty and security of person | right to participate in environmental decision-making | rights of indigenous peoples
Omot Agwa Okwoy is a church leader in Ethiopia’s Gambela region and a human rights defender who works to promote the rights of indigenous peoples and people living in the Gambela region. (...)
land rights | right to environmental information | right to participate in environmental decision-making | rights of indigenous peoples
'The Black Line': OGT is an indigenous organization gathering different indigenous communities living in a shared territory in the 'Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta', Colombia. It represents the Kogui, Arahuaco, Wiwa, Malayo, and Kankuamo ...
land rights | right to freedom of expression and opinion | right to liberty and security of person | right to participate in environmental decision-making | rights of indigenous peoples
The Mapuche people comprise the largest indigenous group in Chile. In their native language, Mapuche means 'people of the land', and they consider forests, rivers, and animals as their brothers. (...)
right to equality and non-discrimination | women´s rights
Stella Gama is a climate diplomat and gender advocate at the UN Climate talks. She helped create a gender action plan as part of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). (...)
right to effective remedies | right to environmental information | right to health | right to life | right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation
Methane bubbles popping on the river's surface, sewage clogged pipes, and the smell of faeces lingering in the air. These scenes are everyday realities for residents of Emfuleni - a municipality southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa - as the ...
right to development | right to equality and non-discrimination | right to freedom of expression and opinion | women´s rights
Youngest ever congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a third-generation Bronxite, educator, and organizer serving the 14th district of New York in the Bronx and Queens. Since her swearing-in to Congress in January of 2019, Congresswoman ...
