![Brazil's Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sergio Moro, on May 15, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002americas_brazil_moro.jpg?itok=BikkKJEt)
![Brazil's Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sergio Moro, on May 15, 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2020/202002americas_brazil_moro.jpg?itok=BikkKJEt)
January 14, 2020
Brazil: Address Lawlessness in the Amazon
Encouraging Killings by Police Harms Public Safety
![201909ENV_Brazil_main](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909env_brazil_main.jpg?itok=LFQIRQup)
November 19, 2019
Young Climate Activists’ UN Complaint Against France
![Youth activists from all continents have brought a complaint to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on climate change.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201909crd_kids_protest.jpg?itok=SW2T8tmn)
July 15, 2019
UN Climate Resolution Emphasizes Protection of Disability Rights
People with Disabilities Should Be Included in Climate Action
![201907us_disabilities_environment](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201907us_disabilities_environment.jpg?itok=3uOuYHPP)
July 2, 2019
Amid France Heat Wave, Police Teargas Climate Activists
Government Should Invite, Not Repress Climate Change Activism
![French CRS riot police forcibly remove French youth and environmental activists as they block a bridge during a demonstration in Paris, France.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201907europe_france_environment_protest.jpg?itok=_1tpyBEM)
December 10, 2018
Human Rights are Key to Success at Climate Talks
Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the UDHR at COP24
![201812europe_poland_environment_climate](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201812europe_poland_environment_climate.jpg?itok=cu9By5L9)
December 7, 2018
Poland Denies Entry to Environmental Activists to Attend Climate Talks
Denials Come in Wake of New Law That Restricts Protest Rights
![Women climate change activists demand respect for rights at Paris Agreement signing ceremony outside the United Nations in New York, April 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/2016-05-environment-climate-paris.jpg?itok=qyK_dPN5)
August 27, 2018
South Africa: How Mining Damages Communities and the Environment
March 1, 2018
The Case for a Right to a Healthy Environment
![Illegal logging seized by IBAMA, Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources. Amazon, Brazil.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201701ehr_world_report.jpg?itok=ZxiNjKlu)
February 1, 2018
Polish Crackdown Ahead of Climate Talks
Bill Will Limit Protests During COP24 Summit
![Environmental activists chain themselves to a logging machine during an action in the defence of one of the last primeval forests in Europe, Bialowieza forest, Poland May 24, 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2018/201802europe_poland_environment_logging_protest.jpg?itok=791mNPiJ)
November 20, 2017
Support for Rights Grows at Bonn Climate Talks
Governments Should Turn Rights Talk into Reality
![Indigenous peoples demand their rights at climate negotiations in Marrakesh](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/screen_shot_2016-11-18_at_7.46.42_am.png?itok=Ambq7XBc)
April 19, 2016
Signing the Climate Change Deal Is Just the Beginning
Human rights is an essential part of implementing the new climate accord
![COP21 Participants Paris_PHOTO](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2016/cop21_participants_-_30_nov_2015_23430273715-722x387.jpg?itok=Gxsch_g4)
December 15, 2015
Dispatches: Climate Pact Recognizes Rights, Now the Work Begins
![Participants are seen in silhouette as they look at a screen showing a world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21).](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2015/rtx1xphy_layout_comp.jpg?itok=NJR9WGxB)
October 27, 2015
COP21: The Impact of Climate Change on the World’s Marginalized Populations
Turkana County, Kenya