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January 26, 2023 News Release

Brazil: Restore Rule of Law in the Amazon

Protect the Forest and Its Defenders

Trucks carrying illegally harvested logs exit the Terra Nossa settlement, September 30, 2019.
January 12, 2023 News Release

Brazil: Ensure Justice for Attack on Democratic Institutions

President Lula Should Defend and Promote Rights

The word “democracy” on a pedestrian bridge in São Paulo, Brazil, October 26, 2022.
January 12, 2023 News Release

Egypt: A Year of Whitewashing Despite Dire Crisis

Abuses Affect Wide Segments of Society

Sanaa Seif, sister of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who went on a full hunger and water strike with the start of COP27 protesting his unjust imprisonment, takes part in the COP27 Coalition march during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27.
December 19, 2022 Dispatches

Don’t Turn Maldives Into World’s Garbage Dump

New Law Opens Door to Import Waste

Trash along the coast of Maafushi Island in the Maldives.
December 15, 2022 Commentary

Brazil: President Lula Should Pursue a Rights Agenda

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.
December 7, 2022 Dispatches

At UN Talks, Countries Divided on Approach to Plastics Agreement

Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Crucial in Ending Plastic Pollution

Greenpeace projects messages and plastic waste imagery on a billboard in Uruguay.
December 1, 2022 Dispatches

EU Takes Step Towards Banning Plastic Waste Exports

European Countries Should Commit to Reducing Waste

A man collects items from an illegal dump on November 29, 2020 in Adana, southern Turkey.
November 28, 2022 News Release

Nepal: Dengue Surge Exposes Climate Risk

Government Should Confront Growing Threat of Tropical Diseases

A patient sits on her bed after being admitted with dengue at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital in Kathmandu.
November 28, 2022 Dispatches

US Environmental Agency Needs a Reproductive Justice Hero

Growing Concerns About Toxics, Climate Impact on Marginalized Populations

A pregnant woman holds onto another woman
November 28, 2022 Letter

Joint letter the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights

November 23, 2022 Q & A

Plastics and Human Rights: Questions and Answers

A boy sits on a bicycle in front of a plastic recycling facility in Adana, Turkey.
November 23, 2022 News Release

Global Plastics Treaty: Opportunity to Protect Rights

In First Talks, Countries Should Address Human Rights Impacts

A man collects items from an illegal dump on November 29, 2020 in Adana, southern Turkey.
November 16, 2022 Dispatches

Governments Should Commit to Fossil Fuel Phase Out at COP27

Fossil Fuels Drive the Climate Crisis, Human Rights Harms

Community leaders from the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice rally at COP27.
November 15, 2022 News Release

Rare Meeting of Egyptian, International Rights Groups

COP27-Linked Session Should Open Way to Routine Consultations

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
November 14, 2022 News Release

COP27: Governments Should Reject Weak Carbon Market Rules

Proposal Undermines Rights Protection, Climate Action

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