{"id":8929,"date":"2024-12-09T23:37:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T23:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developmentsites.net\/endecocide\/?page_id=8929"},"modified":"2025-11-09T16:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:19:53","slug":"earth-defenders-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/fr\/earth-defenders-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Defender Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please find information to support your work in defence of people and planet:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Aarhus Convention<\/strong> is a new kind of environmental agreement. The Convention:<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Links environmental rights and human rights<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Acknowledges that we owe an obligation to future generations<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Establishes sustainable development needs to involve all stakeholders<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Links government accountability and environmental protection<\/span>
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Focuses on interactions between the public and public authorities in a democratic context.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/unece.org\/environment-policy\/public-participation\/aarhus-convention\/introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

Environmental Defenders and the Special Rapporteur<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michel Forst is the first\u00a0<\/span>Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders\u00a0elected under Aarhus Convention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention | UNECE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/unece.org\/environment-policy\/public-participation\/short-videos-environmental-defenders-and-work-special-rapporteur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Contact the Special Rapporteur<\/strong>: <\/span>aarhus-envdefenders@un.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On 2nd October 2025 Teresa Mayr, Legal Officer from the UN Convention Secretariat spoke about the role of the UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention at an event organised by End Ecocide on Earth. Please find a copy of the recording:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Role-of-the-UN-SP-on-Env-Defenders-Aarhus-Convention.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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Guidelines<\/strong> on the right to peaceful environmental protect and civic disobedience<\/strong> – from the UN Special Rapporteur for Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention:<\/p>\n

Environmental Defender Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience<\/a><\/p>\n

UN right to a clean and healthy environment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whilst not legally binding on the 193 member states the resolution calls on all member states
\nto step up efforts to ensure their people have access to a \u00ab\u00a0clean, healthy and sustainable environment.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.unep.org\/news-and-stories\/story\/historic-move-un-declares-healthy-environment-human-right<\/a><\/p>\n

Earth Defenders Toolkit<\/strong><\/p>\n

This website provides resources and tools for earth defenders:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.earthdefenderstoolkit.com\/toolkit\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Global Witness\u00a0 – Earth Defenders Campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n

Global Witness was founded in 1993 to expose the links between environmental destruction, conflict, corruption and human rights abuses.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/globalwitness.org\/en\/campaigns\/land-and-environmental-defenders\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Earths Rights’ Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n

An organisation dedicated to defending those who protect the earth<\/p>\n

Defending Those Who Protect the Earth | Earth Rights Defenders<\/a><\/u><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the report Fighting Back: A global protection strategy for Earth Rights Defenders:<\/strong> ERD_Report_Web.pdf<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Ocean Defenders Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The Ocean Defenders Project \u2013 Collaborative initiative to bring support to ocean defenders worldwide<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Environmental Defenders Collaborative<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

About \u2014 Environmental Defenders Collaborative<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Environmental Defenders (ED)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n

https:\/\/watetezi.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Centre for International Environmental Law<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/ciel.org<\/a><\/p>\n

There are many lawyers who take on environmental cases and support earth defenders. The following lawyers are renowned for successfully having defended the environment:<\/p>\n

MC Mehta – https:\/\/www.goldmanprize.org\/recipient\/mc-mehta\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Ritwick Dutta\u00a0 – https:\/\/www.doughtystreet.co.uk\/barristers\/ritwick-dutta-associate<\/a><\/p>\n

Rizwana Hasan – https:\/\/belabangla.org\/about-bela-2\/chief-executive\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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: \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Links environmental rights and human rights \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Acknowledges that we owe an obligation to future generations \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Establishes sustainable development needs to involve all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8929","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8929"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9082,"href":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8929\/revisions\/9082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endecocide.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}