Defensores del Océano: Protectores del ambiente marino y de los derechos humanos
Este informe está dedicado a las y los defensores del océano en todo el mundo que se organizan, abogan y protestan por la protección del medio marino, de sus territorios y recursos, y de sus derechos humanos. Esperamos que contribuya a ampliar el conocimiento sobre su labor, a generar una mayor atención y a fortalecer el apoyo hacia quienes defienden el océano.
Our Beaches, Our Sea: Heritage of Fishing Communities, Usufruct of All Citizens
This report highlights the cultural, social, and economic significance of coastal areas for fishing communities and emphasizes their rights to these spaces. It critiques the Vizhinjam International Seaport (VIS) for disregarding these rights, citing environmental and social threats such as severe coastal erosion, loss of livelihoods, and biodiversity depletion.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
This Report highlights the escalating violence against environmental human rights defenders, urges protective measures, and emphasizes the essential role of defenders in environmental sustainability and development.
Front Line Defenders: Global Analysis 2022
This report documents 401 killings of human rights defenders over the course of 2022 and across 26 countries. It highlights the critical struggles of those who fight for justice and human rights.
Last line of defence: The industries causing the climate crisis and attacks against land and environmental defenders
This report emphasizes the urgent need to reform global business practices and establish strong legal accountability for corporate actions to eliminate the threats and violence faced by defenders. These individuals represent the last line of defense against climate breakdown, and their protection is essential for safeguarding both their land and our planet.
Environmental Human Rights Defenders: A Global Crisis
The ‘Environmental Human Rights Defenders: A Global Crisis’ Policy Brief seeks to increase attention to the violence and challenges environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) face around the world and to identify possible solutions.
What is the Right to a Healthy Environment? Information Note
This Information Note aims to improve understanding of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, its elements, and why it matters, while also addressing the active role that stakeholders can play in advocating for its realization.
International Tribunal on the Impact of Blue Economy in Indian Ocean Countries
This text contains the verdicts from the six tribunal sessions held by the International Independent Tribunal (August 2020 – February 2021), which examined how various coastal fishing communities perceive the Blue Economy framework.
Standing Firm: The Land and Environmental Defenders on the frontlines of the climate crisis
The report “Standing Firm: The Land and Environmental Defenders on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis” is Global Witness annual report for 2023. It focuses on the threats and violence faced by land and environmental defenders globally.
