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The EU-Vietnam Domestic Advisory Group regrets that the economic benefits of the #EVFTA are not matched by progress on human and labour rights.
A healthy civic space is vital for civil society organisations and defenders, and the EU must protect it.
Statement: link.europa.eu/r7ptgG
A healthy civic space is vital for civil society organisations and defenders, and the EU must protect it.
Statement: link.europa.eu/r7ptgG
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The EU-Vietnam Domestic Advisory Group regrets that the economic benefits of the #EVFTA are not matched by progress on human and labour rights.
A healthy civic space is vital for civil society organisations and defenders, and the EU must protect it.
Statement: link.europa.eu/r7ptgG
A healthy civic space is vital for civil society organisations and defenders, and the EU must protect it.
Statement: link.europa.eu/r7ptgG
An unprecedented climate case, supported by FIDH, opens today in Belgium!
Farmer Hugues Falys & three NGOs - FIDH member @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social, @fianbelgium.bsky.social & @greenpeace.be - take TotalEnergies to court for its role in climate change.
👉 www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
Farmer Hugues Falys & three NGOs - FIDH member @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social, @fianbelgium.bsky.social & @greenpeace.be - take TotalEnergies to court for its role in climate change.
👉 www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
An unprecedented climate case, supported by FIDH, opens today in Belgium!
Farmer Hugues Falys & three NGOs - FIDH member @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social, @fianbelgium.bsky.social & @greenpeace.be - take TotalEnergies to court for its role in climate change.
👉 www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
Farmer Hugues Falys & three NGOs - FIDH member @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social, @fianbelgium.bsky.social & @greenpeace.be - take TotalEnergies to court for its role in climate change.
👉 www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...
There’s no climate justice without human rights.
No climate ambition, equity or transformation without an open civic space.
And no COP of truth if we forget those absent due to repression.
At #COP30, we stood up for arbitrarily detained human rights defenders.
Free them all!
No climate ambition, equity or transformation without an open civic space.
And no COP of truth if we forget those absent due to repression.
At #COP30, we stood up for arbitrarily detained human rights defenders.
Free them all!
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There’s no climate justice without human rights.
No climate ambition, equity or transformation without an open civic space.
And no COP of truth if we forget those absent due to repression.
At #COP30, we stood up for arbitrarily detained human rights defenders.
Free them all!
No climate ambition, equity or transformation without an open civic space.
And no COP of truth if we forget those absent due to repression.
At #COP30, we stood up for arbitrarily detained human rights defenders.
Free them all!
#COP30 will deal with critical decisions on how to transition beyond a fossil fuel society without replicating mistakes of the past.
Transition pathways must genuinely protect human rights, communities & defenders!
Our 🆕 advocacy brief makes the case through evidence:
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Transition pathways must genuinely protect human rights, communities & defenders!
Our 🆕 advocacy brief makes the case through evidence:
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
#COP30 will deal with critical decisions on how to transition beyond a fossil fuel society without replicating mistakes of the past.
Transition pathways must genuinely protect human rights, communities & defenders!
Our 🆕 advocacy brief makes the case through evidence:
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Transition pathways must genuinely protect human rights, communities & defenders!
Our 🆕 advocacy brief makes the case through evidence:
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
What would it take to build economic
systems organised around care, equity & ecological interdependence?
Day 2 of #FIDHCongress saw civil society, public development banks & academics discuss new models that prioritise rights, dignity & reciprocity with the natural world!
systems organised around care, equity & ecological interdependence?
Day 2 of #FIDHCongress saw civil society, public development banks & academics discuss new models that prioritise rights, dignity & reciprocity with the natural world!
October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What would it take to build economic
systems organised around care, equity & ecological interdependence?
Day 2 of #FIDHCongress saw civil society, public development banks & academics discuss new models that prioritise rights, dignity & reciprocity with the natural world!
systems organised around care, equity & ecological interdependence?
Day 2 of #FIDHCongress saw civil society, public development banks & academics discuss new models that prioritise rights, dignity & reciprocity with the natural world!
On Day 1 of #FIDHCongress in Bogotá, just transition was high on the agenda - right ahead of #COP30!
Our plenary session dived into how we can develop pathways for systemic change in the face of environmental crisis.
No transition without human rights and justice!
Our plenary session dived into how we can develop pathways for systemic change in the face of environmental crisis.
No transition without human rights and justice!
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
On Day 1 of #FIDHCongress in Bogotá, just transition was high on the agenda - right ahead of #COP30!
Our plenary session dived into how we can develop pathways for systemic change in the face of environmental crisis.
No transition without human rights and justice!
Our plenary session dived into how we can develop pathways for systemic change in the face of environmental crisis.
No transition without human rights and justice!
FIDH experts will be at #COP30 and available for comment on the link between human rights & climate justice!
We are there to call for:
🟢 A full, just, time‑bound fossil fuel phaseout
🟢 Human‑rights‑led transition policies
🟢 Protection of environmental defenders
More information: t.co/rZicT0lpJe
We are there to call for:
🟢 A full, just, time‑bound fossil fuel phaseout
🟢 Human‑rights‑led transition policies
🟢 Protection of environmental defenders
More information: t.co/rZicT0lpJe
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
FIDH experts will be at #COP30 and available for comment on the link between human rights & climate justice!
We are there to call for:
🟢 A full, just, time‑bound fossil fuel phaseout
🟢 Human‑rights‑led transition policies
🟢 Protection of environmental defenders
More information: t.co/rZicT0lpJe
We are there to call for:
🟢 A full, just, time‑bound fossil fuel phaseout
🟢 Human‑rights‑led transition policies
🟢 Protection of environmental defenders
More information: t.co/rZicT0lpJe
FIDH & its members are at the 11th negotiation session of the UN #BindingTreaty on Business & Human Rights – with one message:
📢 We don't need deregulation, but strong rules to protect human rights & the environment from corporate harms!
Our joint statement: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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📢 We don't need deregulation, but strong rules to protect human rights & the environment from corporate harms!
Our joint statement: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
FIDH & its members are at the 11th negotiation session of the UN #BindingTreaty on Business & Human Rights – with one message:
📢 We don't need deregulation, but strong rules to protect human rights & the environment from corporate harms!
Our joint statement: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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📢 We don't need deregulation, but strong rules to protect human rights & the environment from corporate harms!
Our joint statement: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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Companies supporting new fossil fuel projects have no place in sustainable funds.
FIDH is among 120+ organisations, experts & institutions to urge the EU to exclude these investors from all #SFDR categories to stop greenwashing & align with science.
@reclaimfinance.org
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
FIDH is among 120+ organisations, experts & institutions to urge the EU to exclude these investors from all #SFDR categories to stop greenwashing & align with science.
@reclaimfinance.org
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Companies supporting new fossil fuel projects have no place in sustainable funds.
FIDH is among 120+ organisations, experts & institutions to urge the EU to exclude these investors from all #SFDR categories to stop greenwashing & align with science.
@reclaimfinance.org
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
FIDH is among 120+ organisations, experts & institutions to urge the EU to exclude these investors from all #SFDR categories to stop greenwashing & align with science.
@reclaimfinance.org
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
At an HRC panel, FIDH delivered a statement w/ Observatorio Ciudadano, @cels-argentina.bsky.social & partners from the Licanantay Indigenous People.
The energy transition must not reproduce inequalities, but centre justice & human rights for Indigenous Peoples.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
The energy transition must not reproduce inequalities, but centre justice & human rights for Indigenous Peoples.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
September 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
At an HRC panel, FIDH delivered a statement w/ Observatorio Ciudadano, @cels-argentina.bsky.social & partners from the Licanantay Indigenous People.
The energy transition must not reproduce inequalities, but centre justice & human rights for Indigenous Peoples.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
The energy transition must not reproduce inequalities, but centre justice & human rights for Indigenous Peoples.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
HAPPENING TODAY!
Join us & @asfngo.bsky.social for a conversation on how community rights can be effectively protected in the context of conservation in Kenya!
🗣️Experts from @business-humanrights.org, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenyatta University
🔗 Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...
Join us & @asfngo.bsky.social for a conversation on how community rights can be effectively protected in the context of conservation in Kenya!
🗣️Experts from @business-humanrights.org, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenyatta University
🔗 Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...
September 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
HAPPENING TODAY!
Join us & @asfngo.bsky.social for a conversation on how community rights can be effectively protected in the context of conservation in Kenya!
🗣️Experts from @business-humanrights.org, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenyatta University
🔗 Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...
Join us & @asfngo.bsky.social for a conversation on how community rights can be effectively protected in the context of conservation in Kenya!
🗣️Experts from @business-humanrights.org, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenyatta University
🔗 Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...
Today, the UN Secretary General presents his synthesis report on just transition & human rights to the Human Rights Council.
FIDH fully shares its call! International human rights law is a critical framework to ensure transition pathways prioritise human dignity & redress systemic injustices.
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FIDH fully shares its call! International human rights law is a critical framework to ensure transition pathways prioritise human dignity & redress systemic injustices.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Today, the UN Secretary General presents his synthesis report on just transition & human rights to the Human Rights Council.
FIDH fully shares its call! International human rights law is a critical framework to ensure transition pathways prioritise human dignity & redress systemic injustices.
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FIDH fully shares its call! International human rights law is a critical framework to ensure transition pathways prioritise human dignity & redress systemic injustices.
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The EU plans to dismantle corporate sustainability & due diligence rules under the cover of "simplification".
FIDH & its partners condemn deregulation that threatens the rights of affected communities, trade unions, human rights defenders & civil society.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
FIDH & its partners condemn deregulation that threatens the rights of affected communities, trade unions, human rights defenders & civil society.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
September 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The EU plans to dismantle corporate sustainability & due diligence rules under the cover of "simplification".
FIDH & its partners condemn deregulation that threatens the rights of affected communities, trade unions, human rights defenders & civil society.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
FIDH & its partners condemn deregulation that threatens the rights of affected communities, trade unions, human rights defenders & civil society.
www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
📅 What are the human rights implications of nature conservation initiatives for communities in #Kenya?
Join @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH to discuss practical ways to strengthen justice, accountability & sustainable land governance that respect human rights!
Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...
Join @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH to discuss practical ways to strengthen justice, accountability & sustainable land governance that respect human rights!
Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...
September 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
📅 What are the human rights implications of nature conservation initiatives for communities in #Kenya?
Join @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH to discuss practical ways to strengthen justice, accountability & sustainable land governance that respect human rights!
Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...
Join @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH to discuss practical ways to strengthen justice, accountability & sustainable land governance that respect human rights!
Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...
After decades of neglect, Indigenous communities managed to highlight the environmental damage caused by Pluspetrol in Peru’s northern Amazon.
Today the OECD concluded the company is responsible for pollution & human rights violations in these territories: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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Today the OECD concluded the company is responsible for pollution & human rights violations in these territories: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
After decades of neglect, Indigenous communities managed to highlight the environmental damage caused by Pluspetrol in Peru’s northern Amazon.
Today the OECD concluded the company is responsible for pollution & human rights violations in these territories: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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Today the OECD concluded the company is responsible for pollution & human rights violations in these territories: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
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🔹New report on violations in Latin America's lithium triangle
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🔹#SB62 conference + ICJ climate opinion
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Global demand for EV batteries & renewables has led to accelerated mining in Argentina, Bolivia & Chile's lithium triangle.
But this sets the stage for worsening abuses for Indigenous & rural communities & ecosystems.
Our 🆕 joint study: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
@cels-argentina.bsky.social
But this sets the stage for worsening abuses for Indigenous & rural communities & ecosystems.
Our 🆕 joint study: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
@cels-argentina.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Global demand for EV batteries & renewables has led to accelerated mining in Argentina, Bolivia & Chile's lithium triangle.
But this sets the stage for worsening abuses for Indigenous & rural communities & ecosystems.
Our 🆕 joint study: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
@cels-argentina.bsky.social
But this sets the stage for worsening abuses for Indigenous & rural communities & ecosystems.
Our 🆕 joint study: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
@cels-argentina.bsky.social
Conservation projects in Kenya too often exclude those most affected.
Land is enclosed, profits flow, rights are ignored.
It’s time to make free, prior & informed consent non-negotiable.
Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Land is enclosed, profits flow, rights are ignored.
It’s time to make free, prior & informed consent non-negotiable.
Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
August 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Conservation projects in Kenya too often exclude those most affected.
Land is enclosed, profits flow, rights are ignored.
It’s time to make free, prior & informed consent non-negotiable.
Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Land is enclosed, profits flow, rights are ignored.
It’s time to make free, prior & informed consent non-negotiable.
Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
TOMORROW: Join the launch of our new joint study on the patterns of human rights & environmental abuses until now linked to mining in the “lithium triangle” in South America!
📅 12 August 2025, 11:00 CLT / 17:00 CEST
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📅 12 August 2025, 11:00 CLT / 17:00 CEST
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August 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
TOMORROW: Join the launch of our new joint study on the patterns of human rights & environmental abuses until now linked to mining in the “lithium triangle” in South America!
📅 12 August 2025, 11:00 CLT / 17:00 CEST
📥 Sign up: forms.gle/2RUmpw4ScAqj...
📅 12 August 2025, 11:00 CLT / 17:00 CEST
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In Kenya, communities living on ancestral land are being sidelined by conservancies — denied their rights, silenced, and left without access to justice.
Land registration is the first step to dignity, autonomy & protection.
📘 Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Land registration is the first step to dignity, autonomy & protection.
📘 Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
August 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
In Kenya, communities living on ancestral land are being sidelined by conservancies — denied their rights, silenced, and left without access to justice.
Land registration is the first step to dignity, autonomy & protection.
📘 Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Land registration is the first step to dignity, autonomy & protection.
📘 Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
#Kenya: Pastoralist communities report being displaced, harassed & denied access to grazing land by conservancies operating under the Northern Rangelands Trust.
Those who speak out face threats, intimidation & lawsuits.
New report by FIDH & @asfngo.bsky.social: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Those who speak out face threats, intimidation & lawsuits.
New report by FIDH & @asfngo.bsky.social: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
July 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
#Kenya: Pastoralist communities report being displaced, harassed & denied access to grazing land by conservancies operating under the Northern Rangelands Trust.
Those who speak out face threats, intimidation & lawsuits.
New report by FIDH & @asfngo.bsky.social: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Those who speak out face threats, intimidation & lawsuits.
New report by FIDH & @asfngo.bsky.social: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
Climate change is destroying entire ways of life & causing unprecedented violations of human rights.
In one week, an #ICJ advisory opinion could pave the way for climate reparations, accountability & long-overdue protections.
Let's demand climate action that is real, fair & enforceable!
In one week, an #ICJ advisory opinion could pave the way for climate reparations, accountability & long-overdue protections.
Let's demand climate action that is real, fair & enforceable!
July 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Climate change is destroying entire ways of life & causing unprecedented violations of human rights.
In one week, an #ICJ advisory opinion could pave the way for climate reparations, accountability & long-overdue protections.
Let's demand climate action that is real, fair & enforceable!
In one week, an #ICJ advisory opinion could pave the way for climate reparations, accountability & long-overdue protections.
Let's demand climate action that is real, fair & enforceable!
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Climate action & truly just transitions require the full protection, recognition & participation of Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders.
🗣️Join our side event TOMORROW at the #SB62 in Bonn to explore proposals to strengthen & amplify their voices in the lead-up to #COP30!
🗣️Join our side event TOMORROW at the #SB62 in Bonn to explore proposals to strengthen & amplify their voices in the lead-up to #COP30!
June 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🌍 What if the UN Climate Talks truly worked - for everyone?
#TheCOPWeNeed:
✅ Majority decisions
✅ Binding accountability
✅ Open, transparent, inclusive talks
✅ No more #CorporateCapture
Today, we stand united. It is time to #FixTheUNFCCC.
🔗 www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
#TheCOPWeNeed:
✅ Majority decisions
✅ Binding accountability
✅ Open, transparent, inclusive talks
✅ No more #CorporateCapture
Today, we stand united. It is time to #FixTheUNFCCC.
🔗 www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🌍 What if the UN Climate Talks truly worked - for everyone?
#TheCOPWeNeed:
✅ Majority decisions
✅ Binding accountability
✅ Open, transparent, inclusive talks
✅ No more #CorporateCapture
Today, we stand united. It is time to #FixTheUNFCCC.
🔗 www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
@cop30brazil.bsky.social
#TheCOPWeNeed:
✅ Majority decisions
✅ Binding accountability
✅ Open, transparent, inclusive talks
✅ No more #CorporateCapture
Today, we stand united. It is time to #FixTheUNFCCC.
🔗 www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...
@cop30brazil.bsky.social