Please find information to support your work in defence of people and planet:
The Aarhus Convention is a new kind of environmental agreement. The Convention:
• Links environmental rights and human rights
• Acknowledges that we owe an obligation to future generations
• Establishes sustainable development needs to involve all stakeholders
• Links government accountability and environmental protection
• Focuses on interactions between the public and public authorities in a democratic context.
https://unece.org/environment-policy/public-participation/aarhus-convention/introduction
Environmental Defenders and the Special Rapporteur
Michel Forst is the first Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders elected under Aarhus Convention.
Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention | UNECE
Contact the Special Rapporteur: aarhus-envdefenders@un.org
UN right to a clean and healthy environment
Whilst not legally binding on the 193 member states the resolution calls on all member states
to step up efforts to ensure their people have access to a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment.”
Earth Defenders Toolkit
This website provides resources and tools for earth defenders:
https://www.earthdefenderstoolkit.com/toolkit/
Global Witness – Earth Defenders Campaign
Global Witness was founded in 1993 to expose the links between environmental destruction, conflict, corruption and human rights abuses.
https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/land-and-environmental-defenders/
Earths Rights’ Defenders
An organisation dedicated to defending those who protect the earth
Defending Those Who Protect the Earth | Earth Rights Defenders
Read the report Fighting Back: A global protection strategy for Earth Rights Defenders: ERD_Report_Web.pdf
Ocean Defenders Project
The Ocean Defenders Project is a collaborative initiative that aims to increase understanding of, raise the profile of, and bring greater support to ocean defenders worldwide.
The Ocean Defenders Project – Collaborative initiative to bring support to ocean defenders worldwide
Environmental Defenders Collaborative
Supports frontline communities and ally networks defending rights to their lands, livelihoods and culture pooling philanthropic funds to provide grants to activists in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
About — Environmental Defenders Collaborative
Environmental Defenders (ED)
Environmental defenders is an environmental conservation and human rights organisation dedicated to protecting biodiversity and Indigenous people’s rights (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Congo Basin).
Centre for International Environmental Law
CIEL pursues its mission through legal research and advocacy, education and training, with a focus on connecting global challenges to the experiences of communities on the ground. In the process, building and maintaining lasting partnerships with communities and non-profit organizations around the world.
There are many lawyers who take on environmental cases and support earth defenders. The following lawyers are renowned for successfully having defended the environment:
MC Mehta – https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/mc-mehta/
Ritwick Dutta – https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/ritwick-dutta-associate
Rizwana Hasan – https://belabangla.org/about-bela-2/chief-executive/