Human rights and environmental protection are closely linked, hence the guarantee and right to a clean environment. However, this crucial right has majorly been overlooked. Majority of human rights ...

Keynote Speech by Gianluca Esposito, Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe Ladies and Gentlemen, esteemed colleagues, friends, ...

FIDH welcomes a key text and new action mechanism in the COP’s Just Transition Work Programme – a founding step to ensure the ...

Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect ...

The leading slogan of Egypt’s revolution has been “Bread, Freedom and Human Dignity,” reflecting the deterioration of Egyptians’ quality of life throughout Mubarak’s thirty-year reign. Consequently, ...

Amnesty International’s annual Write for Rights campaign returns in 2025, mobilizing communities around the world to defend ...

More than 50 faith leaders from a diverse coalition of faith communities rallied together virtually on Feb. 22 for the purposes of “Protecting the Gift of Creation” in support of the Environmental ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide information to the Special Rapporteur to inform her upcoming report to the United Nations General Assembly in its eightieth session. This ...

More than 50 faith leaders from a diverse coalition of faith communities rallied together virtually on Feb. 22 for the purposes of “Protecting the Gift of Creation” in support of the Environmental ...

Activists Veronica Eady and Heetan Kalan presented their perspectives on the environmental justice movement during the panel "Environmental Racism: A Discussion on Race and Class" on Thursday night.

Climate change and environmental destruction are becoming increasingly central to the human rights movement. Droughts, toxic pollution, water shortages, desertification, severe storms and related ...