Originally published by the Center for International Environmental Law  The climate change crisis poses a threat to human rights around the world. National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) can play a critical role in responding to the crisis by working to ensure that human rights are protected from the impacts of climate change. Steps that NRHIs … Continued

Originally published by the Center for International Environmental Law  October 16, 2020 Geneva — Faced with the increased human rights threats caused by climate change across the region, The Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is calling upon the PIF Leaders to work towards the establishment of a Special Rapporteur on Human … Continued

Originally published by RFI  Failure to protect the land rights of indigenous peoples around the world is accelerating a devastating loss of biodiversity that risks causing future pandemics, new research has revealed. A study of 42 countries found that while, on paper, many nations recognise the rights of indigenous and other local peoples, they have … Continued

Originally published by AIDA  15 September 2020  More than 850 civil society organizations, indigenous peoples’ groups, social movements and local communities are calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to recognize the universal human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The open letter, sent on September 10 and still open online … Continued