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.
Legal Guide for the Defense of Ecosystems and Species of the Peruvian Sea
Empowering citizens to protect the Peruvian Sea: This guide provides tools and recommendations to defend Peruvian marine ecosystems and species, report threats, and promote accountability for sustainable management of marine resources.
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.
Toolkit for Oceans and Human Rights Defenders
The Toolkit for Oceans and Human Rights Defenders provides a step-by-step layout for effective community mobilization, advocacy, and the defense of human rights. It helps in building community consensus on environmental actions, engaging with NGOs and policymakers, and attracting support in confronting human rights abuses.
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.
Time to protect environmental rights defenders!
Video by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples promotes effective practices, offers recommendations, and addresses human rights violations to ensure Indigenous voices are central in decision-making and their cultural heritage is protected.
Friends of the Earth International
Friends of the Earth International envisions a world where societies live sustainably and in harmony with nature, championing equity, human rights, and social justice.
Earth Defenders Toolkit
The Earth Defenders Toolkit serves as a collaborative platform for communities dedicated to environmental defense and their supporters
