Michel Forst
@ForstMichel
🇺🇳 Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders (Aarhus Convention) | Former UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders & UN Independent Expert on Haiti
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https://unece.org/env/pp/aarhus-convention/special-rapporteur 07-08-2010 16:19:35
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🆕 We recorded 630 attacks against people raising concerns about harmful business in 2023, affecting around 20,000 people.
Our annual analysis breaks down the data—revealing a persistent pattern of attacks against #HRDs protecting our rights & planet 🧵1/ business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/bri…
Les obligations faites aux entreprises de respecter les droits humains et les défenseurs de l’environnement sont en pleine construction! Pour en savoir plus, écoutez cet échange passionnant avec Kathia Martin-Chenut et Michel Forst !
🌍 UNiTerre | Les ONG : l'environnement en plaidoyer | Magali Lafourcade et Michel Forst reçoivent Gaïa du Réseau Action Climat pour nous parler du rôle essentiel des ONG en matière de protection de l'environnement 👉 buff.ly/3Uge1KW
📢Global efforts to prevent human rights violations in business operations are more important than ever. That’s why multilateral development banks like the The EBRD have a crucial role to play.
🗞️Read Nina Lesikhina’s op-ed for Transitions magazine: tol.org/client/article…
Excellent news! The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the Council of Europe's Recommendation on #SLAPPs today.
This is a very encouraging step for effective strengthening of the protection of #EnvironmentalDefenders who are increasingly targeted by the use of SLAPPs.
🚨Jamais l’alerte climatique n’a été aussi aiguë. Jamais les militants du climat n’ont été aussi réprimés.
📺Emission Mediapart en accès libre, avec le rapporteur spécial de l’ONU Michel Forst et la militante écologiste allemande Luisa Neubauer
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I will speak tonight (6pm UTC -5) in support of #ProtestAtSea & #OceansDefenders during Greenpeace International event at #ISA29
My message: urging Member States of the International Seabed Authority ISBA-HQ to respect their obligations & protect #EnvironmentalDefenders UNECEAarhus
Thanks dear UN Special Rapporteur for the Environmental Rights for HRDs Michel Forst FORUM-ASIA FIDH Civic Solidarity Platform GNDR
📸 Almaty, March 2024 - Consultation with #EnvironmentalDefenders from Central Asia.
Very grateful & humbled for this privileged time w/ Central Asian #EnvironmentalDefenders . Thank you for your work & for the inspiring & powerful testimonies you shared with me in the last days.