Professor Rich Withnall Carrie MacEwen GMC Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Samira Ahmed Aneka Popat Mala Rao Would legally recommend watching this 5 minute address from the UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst regarding treatment of doctors who are sanctioned by regulators for protest. Might have made for an interesting part of the #GMCSymposium2024 #goodmedicalpractice2024

The Troubling March of “Foreign Agents” Laws - Open Society Foundations opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/the…

UNHCR Filippo Grandi addressing the UN Security Council.. « This Council’s cacophony has meant that you have instead continued to preside over a broader cacophony of chaos around the world.” youtu.be/WAfbB7tO7Vk?si… via YouTube

« Une des raisons du déclin de l’écologie politique est, à l’évidence, la criminalisation du mouvement environnementaliste » – via Le Monde ⁦Stéphane Foucart⁩ lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

Thanks to the many experts who contributed to and endorsed the Declaration+25, including current and former UN experts such as Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs, Michel Forst, Former UN Special Rapporteur FoAA rights and Victor Madrigal-Borloz ishr.ch/25-years-un-de… #Right2DefendRights

Great meeting with Michael O’Flaherty ⁦Commissioner for Human Rights⁩ to discuss the great potential of cooperation and interaction between our 2 mandates for the protection of environmental defenders and climate activists.

🚨🇬🇧⚖️ #UK Given my grave concerns on the criminalization of UK #EnvironmentalDefender Daniel Shaw who faces up to 2-years prison for a participation in a Zoom call about a #protest, I will personally attend Shaw's trial next week. My full statement 👉acesse.dev/SBLXN

The launch of #GENeva Rights & Climate Talks will underscore the crucial role of #EnvironmentalDefenders in ensuring a safe climate, as SR human rights & climate change, Elisa Morgera, Michel Forst & others exchange experiences in protecting #EHRDs. #GRCT2024 📅 28 July, 13:00 CEST ▶️ tiny.cc/GRCT24EHRDs

Deeply concerned by the disappearance of Kakataibo indigenous human rights defender Mariano Mucama Isacama in #Peru. Misión del Perú en Ginebra, Vigilante Amazónico

Institute for Human Rights #COP29 Michel Forst Marie-Claire Graf🐼 EMIN HUSEYNOV Mohamed Lotfy @IRFS_ORG UNECEAarhus Youth Negotiators Academy Speaking from experiences during and in preparation for #ClimateChange COPs, panelists at this #HRC56 side event detailed challenges faced by #EnvironmentalDefenders, while highlighting opportunities to raise their voices and speak for greater #publicparticipation.

A lot of concern and strategic thinking occurred with Michel Forst SREnvironment UNECEAarhus around United Nations Human Rights Council #HRC56 on the urgent need to recognise, value and effectively protect environmental & #climate #HumanRights defenders in the lead up to, during and after #COP29 UN Climate Change

“Facing several years of imprisonment for taking part in a Zoom call – this is something I have not seen anywhere else and it is shockingly disproportionate.” theguardian.com/environment/ar…

🇬🇧 Today marks a very dark day for fundamental human rights in the UK. Daniel Shaw and his co-defendants have been sentenced to spend 4 & 5 years in a prison cell for planning a peaceful protest. This decision is beyond comprehension. Full statement here: unece.org/sites/default/…

🎥Just released a film on my mandate as UN Special Rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders under UNECEAarhus 👀Watch it to find out who can benefit from this protection and how. ✊Share the video to spread the word to those who need it most. 👉youtu.be/qpdRitmFJsI

🎥Nouveau film sur mon mandat de Rapporteur Spécial sur les #Défenseurs #Environnement sous la UNECEAarhus 👀Regardez-le pour en savoir plus sur qui peut bénéficier de cette protection et comment 📷Partagez la vidéo pour celles & ceux qui en ont besoin 👇youtu.be/Y8yW_KKHYhM

3/5 #publicparticipation at ISBA-HQ ensures that all best available #science, including #Indigenous knowledge & views of #humankind are considered: ▶️core.ac.uk/download/pdf/5… ▶️ Marcos A Orellana: youtube.com/watch?v=ZR5UZc… ▶️ Michel Forst: youtube.com/watch?v=AFCnFy…

4/5 periodic #review of ISBA-HQ (due 2024-2025 & currently discussed at ISA Assembly) should be informed by #HumanRights & promote environmental #information sharing, #publicparticipation & #accesstojustice, as underscored by UNECEAarhus this July: unece.org/sites/default/…

The Guardian: Government drops appeal over climate activist who held sign outside UK court theguardian.com/law/article/20…

More than concerning… « Climate activists in frame for £1m costs of protest bans run up by UK’s biggest law firm DLA Piper seeking to recover costs in relation to injunctions it secured for National Highways and HS2… » theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Les défenseurs de l’environnement et de la biodiversité ne sont pas des criminels ! radiofrance.fr/franceinter/po…