This week I was in the #UK to follow up on complaints and meet with the Government and #EnvironmentalDefenders who submitted complaints to my mandate.
Among these complainants was Dr. Patrick Hart, whom I visited in prison on Wednesday. This is where he spent the last three months of his life.
Among these complainants was Dr. Patrick Hart, whom I visited in prison on Wednesday. This is where he spent the last three months of his life.
April 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This week I was in the #UK to follow up on complaints and meet with the Government and #EnvironmentalDefenders who submitted complaints to my mandate.
Among these complainants was Dr. Patrick Hart, whom I visited in prison on Wednesday. This is where he spent the last three months of his life.
Among these complainants was Dr. Patrick Hart, whom I visited in prison on Wednesday. This is where he spent the last three months of his life.
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#transparency #governance #environmentaldefenders #EscazuAgreement #Caribbean
#transparency #governance #environmentaldefenders #EscazuAgreement #Caribbean
November 28, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience - Available French&Spanish
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#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
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#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience - Available French&Spanish
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#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
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#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
🚨 🇳🇴 Concerning developments - Norway - Supreme Court judgments - right to peaceful environmental protest - prison sentences imposed on environmental defenders
👉 Read my full statement here: unece.org/sites/defaul...
#EnvironmentalDefenders #AarhusConvention #PeacefulProtest
👉 Read my full statement here: unece.org/sites/defaul...
#EnvironmentalDefenders #AarhusConvention #PeacefulProtest
unece.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🚨 🇳🇴 Concerning developments - Norway - Supreme Court judgments - right to peaceful environmental protest - prison sentences imposed on environmental defenders
👉 Read my full statement here: unece.org/sites/defaul...
#EnvironmentalDefenders #AarhusConvention #PeacefulProtest
👉 Read my full statement here: unece.org/sites/defaul...
#EnvironmentalDefenders #AarhusConvention #PeacefulProtest
UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders @michelforst.bsky.social has expressed major concerns & submitted a complaint about UK's treatment of Dr. Patrick Hart, jailed for 12 months for peacefully protesting against fossil fuels giant Exxon Mobil
#EnvironmentalDefenders @healthxr.bsky.social
#EnvironmentalDefenders @healthxr.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders @michelforst.bsky.social has expressed major concerns & submitted a complaint about UK's treatment of Dr. Patrick Hart, jailed for 12 months for peacefully protesting against fossil fuels giant Exxon Mobil
#EnvironmentalDefenders @healthxr.bsky.social
#EnvironmentalDefenders @healthxr.bsky.social
Constructive meeting with @michelforst.bsky.social, Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the #AarhusConvention. #Environmentaldefenders must be provided with a safe & enabling environment to carry out their vital work on promoting & protecting human rights relating to the environment.
March 25, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Constructive meeting with @michelforst.bsky.social, Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the #AarhusConvention. #Environmentaldefenders must be provided with a safe & enabling environment to carry out their vital work on promoting & protecting human rights relating to the environment.
🇩🇰 In Copenhagen for the conference Together for Global Climate Action Towards COP30 by GlobalFocus & @caneurope.org.
📣 Parties to the #AarhusConvention should demonstrate leadership for the safe participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders in #COP30 as a key step in achieving just climate action.
📣 Parties to the #AarhusConvention should demonstrate leadership for the safe participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders in #COP30 as a key step in achieving just climate action.
September 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🇩🇰 In Copenhagen for the conference Together for Global Climate Action Towards COP30 by GlobalFocus & @caneurope.org.
📣 Parties to the #AarhusConvention should demonstrate leadership for the safe participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders in #COP30 as a key step in achieving just climate action.
📣 Parties to the #AarhusConvention should demonstrate leadership for the safe participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders in #COP30 as a key step in achieving just climate action.
🔔 Report on key trends and threats
📣 This report outlines key trends & makes recommendations to Parties to @UNECE #AarhusConvention for the protection of #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul...
& reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
📣 This report outlines key trends & makes recommendations to Parties to @UNECE #AarhusConvention for the protection of #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul...
& reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
October 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🔔 Report on key trends and threats
📣 This report outlines key trends & makes recommendations to Parties to @UNECE #AarhusConvention for the protection of #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul...
& reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
📣 This report outlines key trends & makes recommendations to Parties to @UNECE #AarhusConvention for the protection of #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul...
& reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
Join us on day 1 at #RightsCon #RightsCon2025!
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#DigitalRights #DigitalSecurity #EnvironmentalDefenders #ResponsibleAI
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#DigitalRights #DigitalSecurity #EnvironmentalDefenders #ResponsibleAI
February 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A must read from @business-humanrights.org
Many key findings support what I see in my work as Special Rapporteur #EnvironmentalDefenders such as restrictions on #protest and the use of legal harassment #SLAPPs
Documentation is essential to raise awareness of the issue and better protect defenders.
Many key findings support what I see in my work as Special Rapporteur #EnvironmentalDefenders such as restrictions on #protest and the use of legal harassment #SLAPPs
Documentation is essential to raise awareness of the issue and better protect defenders.
🆕 We've recorded over 6,400 attacks against people speaking out against corporate harm in the past 10 years - close to two attacks per day on average.
Attacks were reported in relation to almost every business sector and region of the globe over the past decade.
Attacks were reported in relation to almost every business sector and region of the globe over the past decade.
June 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A must read from @business-humanrights.org
Many key findings support what I see in my work as Special Rapporteur #EnvironmentalDefenders such as restrictions on #protest and the use of legal harassment #SLAPPs
Documentation is essential to raise awareness of the issue and better protect defenders.
Many key findings support what I see in my work as Special Rapporteur #EnvironmentalDefenders such as restrictions on #protest and the use of legal harassment #SLAPPs
Documentation is essential to raise awareness of the issue and better protect defenders.
Greetings. I'm an Assistant Prof of #Geography (Climate & #Sustainability) at Heriot-WattU (Scotland). My keywords are #EnvironmentalJustice, #PoliticalEcology, #Climate #AbyaYala, #EnvironmentalDefenders, #LandRights, #RadicalCare
🧵w a few of my publications so they're here. DM if you need access
🧵w a few of my publications so they're here. DM if you need access
November 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Greetings. I'm an Assistant Prof of #Geography (Climate & #Sustainability) at Heriot-WattU (Scotland). My keywords are #EnvironmentalJustice, #PoliticalEcology, #Climate #AbyaYala, #EnvironmentalDefenders, #LandRights, #RadicalCare
🧵w a few of my publications so they're here. DM if you need access
🧵w a few of my publications so they're here. DM if you need access
🤔What is the role of the UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention? How can you submit a complaint?
Find out in this thread!
#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #HumanRights
Find out in this thread!
#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #HumanRights
November 24, 2024 at 8:23 AM
🤔What is the role of the UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention? How can you submit a complaint?
Find out in this thread!
#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #HumanRights
Find out in this thread!
#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #HumanRights
🎧 SOUND ON!
Episode 2 of the #BeLIFE podcast Lawfully Loud is out now.
We break down environmental rights – no legal jargon – and spotlight a new tool supporting #EnvironmentalDefenders to pursue complaints when they spot environmental wrongs.
Listen here 👉
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Episode 2 of the #BeLIFE podcast Lawfully Loud is out now.
We break down environmental rights – no legal jargon – and spotlight a new tool supporting #EnvironmentalDefenders to pursue complaints when they spot environmental wrongs.
Listen here 👉
open.spotify.com/episode/7uhL...
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
🎧 SOUND ON!
Episode 2 of the #BeLIFE podcast Lawfully Loud is out now.
We break down environmental rights – no legal jargon – and spotlight a new tool supporting #EnvironmentalDefenders to pursue complaints when they spot environmental wrongs.
Listen here 👉
open.spotify.com/episode/7uhL...
Episode 2 of the #BeLIFE podcast Lawfully Loud is out now.
We break down environmental rights – no legal jargon – and spotlight a new tool supporting #EnvironmentalDefenders to pursue complaints when they spot environmental wrongs.
Listen here 👉
open.spotify.com/episode/7uhL...
New date: Our training event for #EnvironmentalDefenders in Berlin will now take place from 27-28 January 2026.
🗣️ Spread the word among your German speaking networks.
Find out more and register 👉 eeb.org/en/workshop-...
#BeLIFE
🗣️ Spread the word among your German speaking networks.
Find out more and register 👉 eeb.org/en/workshop-...
#BeLIFE
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New date: Our training event for #EnvironmentalDefenders in Berlin will now take place from 27-28 January 2026.
🗣️ Spread the word among your German speaking networks.
Find out more and register 👉 eeb.org/en/workshop-...
#BeLIFE
🗣️ Spread the word among your German speaking networks.
Find out more and register 👉 eeb.org/en/workshop-...
#BeLIFE
⚖️ The Inter-American Court of #HumanRights will soon release its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency.
📣 It must send a clear message: States have a duty to strengthen the rights of #EnvironmentalDefenders, whose work is key in facing the climate crisis.
📣 It must send a clear message: States have a duty to strengthen the rights of #EnvironmentalDefenders, whose work is key in facing the climate crisis.
🗣️ How can we protect #EnvironmentalDefenders?
We urge the #IACtHR to incorporate the protections from the Escazú Agreement into its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency as a vital complementary standard to existing global and regional human rights frameworks.
#EscazúInTheIACtHR
We urge the #IACtHR to incorporate the protections from the Escazú Agreement into its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency as a vital complementary standard to existing global and regional human rights frameworks.
#EscazúInTheIACtHR
June 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
⚖️ The Inter-American Court of #HumanRights will soon release its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency.
📣 It must send a clear message: States have a duty to strengthen the rights of #EnvironmentalDefenders, whose work is key in facing the climate crisis.
📣 It must send a clear message: States have a duty to strengthen the rights of #EnvironmentalDefenders, whose work is key in facing the climate crisis.
🗣️ How can we protect #EnvironmentalDefenders?
We urge the #IACtHR to incorporate the protections from the Escazú Agreement into its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency as a vital complementary standard to existing global and regional human rights frameworks.
#EscazúInTheIACtHR
We urge the #IACtHR to incorporate the protections from the Escazú Agreement into its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency as a vital complementary standard to existing global and regional human rights frameworks.
#EscazúInTheIACtHR
May 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🗣️ How can we protect #EnvironmentalDefenders?
We urge the #IACtHR to incorporate the protections from the Escazú Agreement into its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency as a vital complementary standard to existing global and regional human rights frameworks.
#EscazúInTheIACtHR
We urge the #IACtHR to incorporate the protections from the Escazú Agreement into its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency as a vital complementary standard to existing global and regional human rights frameworks.
#EscazúInTheIACtHR
🔔 Report on regional consultations with environmental defenders
🌎 10 consultations
📣 Key challenges & threats for #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
🌎 10 consultations
📣 Key challenges & threats for #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
October 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🔔 Report on regional consultations with environmental defenders
🌎 10 consultations
📣 Key challenges & threats for #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
🌎 10 consultations
📣 Key challenges & threats for #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience - Now available in Russian
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FRA 👉 shorturl.at/0zfTp
ESP 👉 shorturl.at/jPNrB
ENG 👉 shorturl.at/9KJVb
#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
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FRA 👉 shorturl.at/0zfTp
ESP 👉 shorturl.at/jPNrB
ENG 👉 shorturl.at/9KJVb
#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience - Now available in Russian
RUS 👉 shorturl.at/k48v0
FRA 👉 shorturl.at/0zfTp
ESP 👉 shorturl.at/jPNrB
ENG 👉 shorturl.at/9KJVb
#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
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ENG 👉 shorturl.at/9KJVb
#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
I am excited to join the LEAD Champions Letter & add my voice for better protection & participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders at #CoP30 and beyond. Their role is essential to protect our planet.
www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/in...
www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/in...
Include Climate Defenders
Demand global recognition and protection for Environmental Defenders. Sign now.
www.globalcitizen.org
April 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I am excited to join the LEAD Champions Letter & add my voice for better protection & participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders at #CoP30 and beyond. Their role is essential to protect our planet.
www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/in...
www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/in...
🔔Report on complaints and activities
💡 Info & data on complaints received & activities undertaken as Special Rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG – official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
💡 Info & data on complaints received & activities undertaken as Special Rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG – official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🔔Report on complaints and activities
💡 Info & data on complaints received & activities undertaken as Special Rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG – official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
💡 Info & data on complaints received & activities undertaken as Special Rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG – official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
Well here it is! The trailer for our latest film THE LINE WE CROSSED. It's been 2 yrs in the making during which time we witnessed first hand the chilling extent to which UK #EnvironmentalDefenders are being silenced and criminalised. Head over to thelinewecrossed.com for more info. #RightToProtest
The Line We Crossed Trailer
YouTube video by Page75 Investigates
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December 4, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Well here it is! The trailer for our latest film THE LINE WE CROSSED. It's been 2 yrs in the making during which time we witnessed first hand the chilling extent to which UK #EnvironmentalDefenders are being silenced and criminalised. Head over to thelinewecrossed.com for more info. #RightToProtest
Hosted Andrea Sempértegui from Whitman College yesterday. Her talk - Fighting Extractivism as War: Mujeres Amazónicas' Forest Politics in Ecuador - was amazing. Check out the work of this fantastic scholar and activist! #environmentaldefenders #amazon
www.andreasempertegui.com
www.andreasempertegui.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Hosted Andrea Sempértegui from Whitman College yesterday. Her talk - Fighting Extractivism as War: Mujeres Amazónicas' Forest Politics in Ecuador - was amazing. Check out the work of this fantastic scholar and activist! #environmentaldefenders #amazon
www.andreasempertegui.com
www.andreasempertegui.com
✅ Enforceable mechanisms to hold governments and corporations accountable
Southeast Asia’s communities deserve rights that are real, protected, and upheld.
#ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights #EnvironmentalDefenders #ASEAN
Southeast Asia’s communities deserve rights that are real, protected, and upheld.
#ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights #EnvironmentalDefenders #ASEAN
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
✅ Enforceable mechanisms to hold governments and corporations accountable
Southeast Asia’s communities deserve rights that are real, protected, and upheld.
#ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights #EnvironmentalDefenders #ASEAN
Southeast Asia’s communities deserve rights that are real, protected, and upheld.
#ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights #EnvironmentalDefenders #ASEAN
📣My role as UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the #AarhusConvention is to protect environmental defenders from threats and attacks and to raise awareness on who they are, what they do and on their rights. #EnvironmentalDefenders are #HumanRightsDefenders
November 24, 2024 at 8:29 AM
📣My role as UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the #AarhusConvention is to protect environmental defenders from threats and attacks and to raise awareness on who they are, what they do and on their rights. #EnvironmentalDefenders are #HumanRightsDefenders