The largest European financial institutions invest billions of € in international arms producers that sell weapons to Israel - at high risk of contributing to violations of international humanitarian law. A 🆕 report co-signed by FIDH exposes them ⬇️ fidh.org/en/issues/busi…

Last week's decisions marked a crucial step for the French Law on the Duty of Vigilance. Why and how? Join our webinar to dive into the impact of Suez/Chile, TotalEnergies/climate change & EDF/Mexico! 🗓️9 July, 18:00-19:30 CEST Languages: 🇫🇷/🇪🇸 Register👉bit.ly/3Xqxig4

Our latest #BizHumanRights newsletter is out! 📩shorturl.at/MImHB 🔹Crackdown on Ugandan defenders 🔹Suez appeal decision 🔹Report on public development banks 🔹European investment in companies arming Israel Sign up for the July-August issue ➡️shorturl.at/grX04

Vital meeting this week at Council of Europe, the 100th #CDDH, a key opportunity to advance on the legally binding recognition of the #humanright to a #healthyenvironment Important missing tool for effective protection of all human rights and advance solutions for the triple planetary crises

ICYMI: June was a key moment for the implementation of the French Law on the Duty of Vigilance. Rewatch our webinar explaining how the landmark decisions by the Paris Court of Appeal have clarified the conditions for applying this crucial law! 🎦youtube.com/watch?v=AFwYts…

Every two months, our #BizHumanRights newsletter offers a round-up of how FIDH and its members are advancing human rights and environmental protection in the global fight against corporate impunity. Sign up now for the July-August issue!➡️shorturl.at/grX04

Indigenous Peoples are frontline defenders of endangered ecosystems & a sustainable climate, but see their lives constantly threatened by transnational corporate activities. On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we celebrate their resistance & call for the full protection of their rights!

🌍A global NGO coalition raises alarm over repressive governments hosting UN conferences as #COP29 in #Azerbaijan approaches & the government is using state security apparatus to repress CSOs 📢We urge the UN Climate Change to ensure hosts uphold international law 👉fidh.org/en/issues/huma…

A record 15 national heat records have been broken so far in 2024. Multinational companies must immediately cease new fossil fuel investments to curb emissions causing a climate & human rights crisis! That is what we ask of Total in #TheFarmerCase ⬇️ thefarmercase.be/en/

Will the Council of Europe recognise the right to a #HealthyEnvironment? 200+ academics have heeded civil society's call on the Council of Europe to make it happen through an Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights. Join your voice to theirs!👇docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Today Ugandan police arrested 21 activists protesting the #EACOP oil development scheme. It is high time Ugandan authorities stopped repeatedly cracking down on rights defenders denouncing the negative impact of extractive projects on their communities. citizen.digital/news/uganda-de…

FIDH is one of six organisations warning about BNP Paribas's involvement in a bond issue by the State of Israel. That occurred in a context of war with a plausible risk of genocide of the Palestinian population, as international bodies evoke. Read in 🇫🇷: fidh.org/fr/themes/entr…

La FIDH + ses partenaires alertent sur l’engagement de BNP Paribas dans une émission d’obligations de l’État d’Israël, dans un contexte de guerre dont la plus haute juridiction internationale a évoque un risque plausible de génocide du peuple palestinien. fidh.org/fr/themes/entr…

Communities affected by the EACOP oil development project continue to mobilise to denounce the conditions in which they are being displaced. FIDH's Sacha Feierabend told Le Monde Afrique about the heightened repression these defenders face at the hands of the Ugandan government👇

OUT: our latest #BizHumanRights newsletter! 📩shorturl.at/WeS8D 🔹COPs in authoritarian countries 🔹Human rights in EU-Vietnam relations 🔹10th negotiation session of UN #BindingTreaty 🔹Appeal decisions in 🇫🇷 duty of vigilance Get the next issue⬇️ shorturl.at/grX04

🇺🇬 #Uganda: In August, 72 activists protesting against oil projects including EACOP have been detained 📣We urge the authorities to end this repression & we call on the companies involved to use their leverage to protect human rights defenders! 👉fidh.org/en/region/Afri…

10 years have passed since the UN began negotiating a #BindingTreaty on Business & Human Rights. What shifts have since occurred in the corporate accountability landscape? Join our webinar w/ Lara Wolters Todd Brogan Makakalikasan | Jaybee Garganera Juliette Renaud⏬ business-humanrights.org/en/events/a-sh…

72 arrests & detentions took place in August alone as Ugandan authorities intensify once again their repression of activists protesting oil mega-projects. Companies & investors must use their leverage on authorities to stop all violence & harassment! PR👉fidh.org/en/issues/busi…