Thank you for registering for the Peace Brigades International webinar on the United Nations COP27 climate summit earlier this month. The video of that webinar can be seen here. We had 150 people from 19 countries register for that webinar and more than 300 people have watched the video of Read more…
Photo: Environment Canada. The just-released 20-page draft of the final declaration of the COP27 summit fails to reference environmental human rights defenders. The UN Human Rights Council has affirmed that “human rights defenders, including environmental human rights defenders, must be ensured a safe and enabling environment to undertake their work Read more…
On November 15, Peace Brigades International brought together environmental human rights defenders from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Kenya, along with United Nations Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, to share insights on frontline struggles and the COP27 summit. To watch the video of the webinar (with original audio), click here. Read more…
Indigenous Lenca water protector Berta Cáceres was killed in March 2016, less than three months after the COP21 climate summit, for her opposition to the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam on the Gualcarque River in Honduras. Photo by Carlos Castro. The United Nations COP27 climate summit is set to start on Read more…
ISHR reports United Nations Special Rapporteurs Ian Fry and David Boyd have emphasized the critical role of defenders in addressing the environment and climate crises, urging States and non-State actors to take measures to protect them. Fry is the first Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights Read more…
To register for our COP27 webinar on November 15, please click here. The United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) 27 talks will be taking place this coming November 6-18 in Egypt. The UN Human Rights Council has affirmed that “human rights defenders, including environmental human rights defenders, must be ensured Read more…
Photo: Alaa Abd El Fattah and his sister Sanaa Seif. Canadian author Naomi Klein writes: “Beginning on 6 November, the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt will play host to this year’s United Nations climate summit, Cop27. Tens of thousands of delegates – world leaders, ministers, envoys, appointed bureaucrats, as Read more…
COPINH tweet: The image of Lenca environmental rights defender Berta Caceres was projected on a building in Glasgow during the COP26 summit last year. Caceres was killed in March 2016, just months after the COP21 summit in Paris. To register for our COP27 webinar on November 15, please click here. Read more…