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April 17, 2018 Dispatches

A Chance to Curb Abuse in Mineral Supply Chains

Monitoring of Companies’ Sourcing Practices Should Be Prioritized

A girl works in an artisanal diamond mine in Sosso Nakombo, Central African Republic, near the border with Cameroon, in August 2015.
April 4, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Human Rights Defenders

Environmental Activists Targeted as Repression Continues

Top (left to right): Le Thu Ha, Nguyen Bac Truyen, and Nguyen Trung Ton  Bottom (left to right): Nguyen Van Dai, Phạm Van Troi, and Truong Minh Duc
April 3, 2018 Commentary

Malawi: Govt Should Keep Promises to Rural Residents, Protect Them From Mining

Provide Information, Protect Livelihoods When Mines Move In

Mining machinery left behind at Eland coal mine at Mwabulambo after closure in 2015.
March 27, 2018 Commentary

Zambia Should Protect Customary Land Rights

Commercial Farmers Abusing Rural People’s Rights

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March 26, 2018 News Release

Vietnam: Drop Charges Against Rights Activist

Pro-Democracy Campaigner Persecuted for Advocating Pluralism

Nguyen Viet Dung holding a sign saying he boycotted Vietnam’s national election in May 2016. The sign says, “To vote is a right, not a duty. No knowledge [of the party-nominated candidates] – No vote.” ©Nguyen Viet Dung 2016
March 26, 2018 News Release

Ecuador: Judicial Harassment of Amazonian Defenders

Indigenous Leaders Could Be Jailed on Unsubstantiated Charges

Indigenous people arrive in Quito after marching for 10 days to protest new mining and water law initiatives, as well as a constitutional reform project that would have allowed for indefinite re-election of the president.
March 22, 2018 Commentary

Brazilians Don’t Know if Pesticides Are in Their Drinking Water

Discarded pesticide containers in Brazil.
March 19, 2018 Commentary

Widows, Land and Power

Two widows in eastern Zimbabwe, facing harassment from in-laws who are trying to force them to vacate their homes and fields. Rural Eastern Zimbabwe, October 2016.
March 14, 2018 Dispatches

US Senators Urge EPA to Keep Protecting Kids from Pesticides

Environmental Agency Threatening to Roll Back Obama-Era Pesticide Safeguards

Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, answers a question during the Concordia Summit in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 19, 2017.
March 8, 2018 Dispatches

Colombia Should Celebrate its Women Activists

On International Women’s Day, Remember the Dangers Women Activists Face

Ruth Alicia López Guisao.
March 5, 2018 Statement

UN Rights Body: Move Toward Recognition of the Right to a Healthy and Sustainable Environment

Item 3 interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the environment

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.
March 1, 2018 Commentary

The Case for a Right to a Healthy Environment

Illegal logging seized by IBAMA, Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources. Amazon, Brazil.
February 14, 2018 Dispatches

Court Embraces Right to a Healthy Environment in the Americas

Ruling Will Empower Citizens

San Andres island.
February 1, 2018 Dispatches

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.
February 1, 2018 Dispatches

Cape Town’s Water Crisis Response Needs to Protect the Rights of Millions

South Africa’s Solution Needs to be Rooted in Respect for the Right to Water

Residents walk past a leaking communal tap in Khayelitsha township, near Cape Town, South Africa, December 12, 2017.

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