Conservation is often presented as a model that protects the environment & supports local development. But in Isiolo, many communities have faced land access restrictions, silenced voices & struggles to access remedy. This Thursday, join us & Avocats Sans Frontières for a critical discussion!

🚨 In Ecuador, banana plantation workers suffer serious labour rights violations, pesticide poisoning & criminalisation. ✊ Together with the ASTAC union, we filed a complaint with the European Commission to demand the EU & Ecuador take action! fidh.org/en/issues/busi…

HAPPENING TODAY! Join us & Avocats Sans Frontières for a conversation on how community rights can be effectively protected in the context of conservation in Kenya! 🗣️Experts from Business & Human Rights, KHRC & Kenyatta University #ExperienceKU 🔗 Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansfro…

Last June, Italian MP & PACE member Aurora Floridia asked a critical question to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: ❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment? 1/5

Protecting the right to a healthy environment means protecting our future. Do not miss this important event to explore the benefits of Council of Europe recognition at the PACE session! 🔗Room 6 at Palais de l'Europe or via Zoom (access code: 421303): coe-int.zoom.us/j/63793613684?p

Companies supporting new fossil fuel projects have no place in sustainable funds. FIDH is among 120+ organisations, experts & institutions urging the EU to exclude these investors from all #SFDR categories to stop greenwashing & align with climate science. fidh.org/en/issues/busi…

🚨 We remain without news of Aziz Rhali, Vice-President of FIDH and former President of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), who is still detained by Israeli authorities following the assault on the #GlobalSumudFlotilla. While the vast majority of the flotilla’s

"If affected workers are not allowed to unionise, who will defend them?" Our joint complaint based on the EU-Ecuador Trade Agreement highlights Ecuador's failure to protect labour rights in the banana industry. In DW News: dw.com/es/bananos-del… ASTAC ActionAid France

🚨 Aziz RHALI has been released! After 10 days of arbitrary detention following the interception of his boat as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, our Vice-President Aziz RHALI (Morocco) has just been released and deported to Istanbul. Aziz was one of the last six members of

Two years after the Council of Europe pledged action on human rights & the environment, it’s time to move past political statements. At our PACE side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment! 1/3

FIDH & its partners welcome the publication of the #COP30 hosting agreement between Brazil's government & the UNFCCC. This is a first step responding to demands for better transparency & human rights protection at COPs - but much more can & must be done! amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Human rights defenders are the first to propose effective climate solutions – and the first to face threats for calling for a just transition. A safe & enabling environment must be a priority, as FIDH's The Observatory submitted to Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs's report: fidh.org/en/issues/busi…

46 major companies wrote to 🇫🇷&🇩🇪 governments to call for a repeal of EU laws for corporate accountability. FIDH & Forum for Responsible Investment urge states to stand by texts aiming to bring much-needed protection for human rights & the environment. fidh.org/en/issues/busi…