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Honduras: Masterminds of Berta Cáceres killing still at large, say UN experts

28 Nov 2018 News in Environmental Governance

Environmental rights means any proclamation of a human right to environmental conditions of a specified quality

07 Nov 2018 News in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… DEADLY ENVIRONMENT: THE KILLING AND CRIMINALIZATION OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS WORLDWIDE ON DANGEROUS … environmental campaigner and activist on indigenous land rights. Last year she was awarded the Goldman … as the world’s most dangerous country per capita to be a land and environmental defender. This report is dedicated to …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… Colombia Global Witness documented the murder of 200 land and environmental defenders in 2016. This report is … lives, and to all those around the world who stand up for land rights and the protection of the environment. You are … help end: the increasing suppression of environmental and land rights activism which, in many countries, means the …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… looking at specific transboundary water basins, while land and soil pollution is indirectly addressed by the United … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, global and regional … goods and services, such as those from oceans, rivers, land, wetlands, and others result in the a An ongoing …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. My observations and recommendations aim to … are directly or indirectly related to the environment and land use. Such future and those goals are doomed to failure …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-based Sources. Consideration should be given to … approach is an approach for integrated management of land, water and living resources that promotes conservation … measured, include the following groupings: (i) changes in land use and land cover, (ii) fragmentation and isolation, …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. His observations and recommendations aim to … are directly or indirectly related to the environment and land use. Such a future, and those goals, are doomed to …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

… had been killed as a result of protecting their rights to land and the environment. global Witness emphasised that this … that clearly connected the murder to an environment or land use issue.7 as a result, global Witness concluded that … deadly environment: the killing and criminalization of land and environmental defenders worldwide (20 June 2016). _ …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… conducted with due respect for the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the peoples or communities …
02 Aug 2026 Document in Environmental Governance