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May 7, 2024 Letter

Letter to H.E. Mohammed Abu Zafar Regarding June 2022 Floods in Bangladesh

Advocacy Letter to the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates

December 18, 2023 News Release

Gulf States Treat Migrant Workforce as Disposable

Use International Migrants Day to End Mistreatment of Essential Workers

Construction workers in Doha, Qatar.
December 14, 2023 Commentary

The Missing Piece in Brazil’s Climate Pledges

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, walk with other dignitaries after posing for a group photo at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 1, 2023.
December 14, 2023 News Release

COP28: Fossil Fuel Commitment Lacks Urgency

Governments Should Take Urgent Climate Action, Protect Rights

A flame burns waste gas in a refinery
December 7, 2023 Dispatches

Phasing Out Fossil Fuels at COP28

Governments Should Stand up for Human Rights to Ensure Ambitious Outcome

Vanessa Nakate, of Uganda, center, takes part in a protest against fossil fuels at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 5, 2023.
December 6, 2023 Dispatches

Pakistan’s Air Pollution Shortens Lives

Improving Air Quality is Government’s Human Rights Obligation

Vehicles and motorcyclists amid severe air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan, November 24, 2023.
December 6, 2023 Dispatches

UAE’s COP28 Promises on Climate, Health Ignored at Home

Country’s Migrant Workers Face Climate-Related Harms to Their Well-Being

Workers at a construction site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 15, 2023.
December 4, 2023 News Release

UAE: Fossil Fuels Poison Air

COP28 Host Should Address Air Pollution, Rights Abuses

A flame burns waste gas in a refinery
December 3, 2023 Q & A

Questions and Answers: Migrant Worker Abuses in the UAE and COP28

Workers at a construction site as the UAE implements a midday work break from 12.30pm to 3.30pm for laborers to help cope with the heat, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 15, 2023.
December 3, 2023 News Release

COP28: Migrant Rights Essential to Climate Action

Governments Should Confront COP28 Host UAE on Abuses

Workers at a construction site as the UAE implements a midday work break from 12.30pm to 3.30pm for laborers to help cope with the heat, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 15, 2023.
December 3, 2023 Dispatches

COP 28 Should Amplify Voices of Disability Rights Activists

Those Most Affected by Climate Change Should Guide Response

Environmental activists with disabilities take part in a global climate strike
November 30, 2023 News Release

UAE: Mass Surveillance Threatens Rights, COP28 Outcome

Release Ahmed Mansoor, Protect Free Expression, End Pervasive Surveillance

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November 30, 2023 Dispatches

Heat at COP28 Highlights Risks to Migrant Workers

As Climate Conference Opens, Ensure Occupational Heat Protections

Workers at a construction site as the UAE implements a midday work break from 12.30pm to 3.30pm for laborers to help cope with the heat, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 15, 2023.
November 30, 2023 Dispatches

Climate Inaction Not an Option for Maldives at COP28

New President Plans “Fortress-like” Walls to Counter Rising Sea Level

Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzu delivers a speech in Malé on October 2, 2023. 
November 29, 2023 News Release

As COP28 Opens, UN Should Take UAE to Task

Host Country Should Stop Rights Repression, Drop Fossil Fuel Plans

A flame burns waste gas in a refinery

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