'Vorn Pov, president of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association, said informal workers remain highly vulnerable because the current system mainly provides healthcare coverage and little else. “When they face accidents or unexpected incidents, they are at serious risk,” he said.'

✊Absolutely thrilled that the ICJ recognises that the right to strike is protected under ILO Convention No. 87. It also makes reference to international and regional human rights instruments, and the practice of the relevant treaty bodies and courts. #workersrights Full text of the Adv. Opinion(en):

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is delivering its Advisory Opinion on the right to strike today. Live now: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19... #workersrights

Asia's farmlands are becoming a major target for carbon credit projects. Some displace communities for tree plantations while others lock them into decades-long contracts that dictate farming practices -pushing farmers to give up control of their land for uncertain profits grain.org/e/7378

“That changing what consumers buy will make the fashion industry green is a common assumption." “The reality is that the trajectory of the industry to grow production volumes year on year completely outstrips any benefits gained from more informed consumer choices.”

"Fishers among the Indigenous Brao communities that live along the banks of the O’Ta Bouk told Mongabay in March there were no fish in the water, which they attributed to persistent problems linked to pollution. 'People haven’t dared to use the water...' said another Ta Veng district resident..."

"62% of 74 respondents reported feeling unsafe, while 11% (8 respondents) reported feeling very unsafe when covering environmental issues." "In 2025, CamboJA documented 61 human rights violations affecting 57 journalists, including five women journalists." #Cambodia

Modern slavery at record levels in UK and expected to worsen, report warns

Let’s talk numbers this #WorkersDay. Top CEO pay increased 20X more than workers' wages. While workers struggle with rising costs, executive pay keeps skyrocketing.    #FairPay #CostofLiving More: oxf.am/WorkersDay26

The Dep't of Enterprise, Tourism & Employment has initiated a consultation on the proposed ratification of 2 ILO Conventions re. occupational health & safety. The call was published on April 16 and closes today. I know H&S might not be considered a very contentious topic by some. But just 2 weeks?!

"In the agricultural sector, the risk of dying from occupational heat exposure is 35 times higher than in other sectors... the number of days when it will be impossible to work outdoors due to excessive heat could rise to 250 per year by the end of the century in certain regions..."

Former employees said: “Lafarge was aware of what was happening to us – the checkpoints, the threats, the daily fear – but chose to risk the lives of its employees for profit.” The former employees said they would continue to ask for compensation. 👇

🚨 #Lafarge and four former senior executives were found guilty of financing terrorism and violating international sanctions by the Paris Criminal Court! This ruling marks a major turning point in the fight for corporate accountability. www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...

"In March, research published in the international science journal Nature found that ocean levels had been underestimated due to inaccurate modelling. In some areas of the global south, including south-east Asia and the Indo-Pacific, they may be 100cm to 150cm higher than previously thought."

Letter of support to French trade unions calling for the protection of the right to strike & trade union rights: www.etuc.org/en/document/... As a defender of human rights,France has a duty to maintain & promote these achievements,which contribute to preservation of democracy, equality & solidarity

//Overall, the study found that 71% of general employment permit holders had experienced some form [of] exploitation in employment, while 61% experienced severe exploitation, meaning repeated or multiple serious employment rights breaches.//

//“Then the hours were extremely difficult – 50 to 60 a hours week at least. I started at 6am every day and every day I did not finish on time. Sometimes not until 10pm.” “I would say to him about pay for the extra hours but he would threaten. He knew I had to stay, that I had nowhere to go.//

//Wilfried Hagg, a geologist at the Munich University of Applied Sciences who worked on the study alongside Mr Mayer, told AFP that climate change is entirely to blame. Mr Hagg told AFP that there's "absolutely no" chance of saving any of Germany's remaining glaciers.// Absolutely heartbreaking.

Case taken by @foeireland.bsky.social @clientearth.bsky.social & Friends of the Irish Environment against energy regulator over new data centre policy www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

//The world’s largest pension fund has revealed that it sold its shares in the Bolloré group, a powerful French conglomerate, due to unresolved concerns about “serious human rights violations” at a plantation company partly owned by the group.// #BizHumanRights

"Climate breakdown is shrinking the amount of time that people can safely go about their lives, according to a study that shows a third of the world’s population now resides in areas where heat severely limits activity."

//Meas Haoen, another Tampuan elder and spiritual leader, said the lake brings the community together as a gathering place and spiritual site they believe protects residents. "Tampuan Indigenous people will always manage this lake," he said, adding that they do not seek large-scale development.//

11,000 reasons for new pay transparency rules: * Know what a job pays before applying. * No interview questions about earnings history. * No pay secrecy clauses/ company policy. * Know the average your boss pays your peers.

Lim Li Ching, co-chair of IPES-Food, said “farming by algorithm” is not something farmers want and there should be more focus on a bottom-up approach that prioritises the knowledge and needs of farmers. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

IRELAND: Women will ‘carry the cost’ of any delay to pay transparency rules, union warns Equality Minister Norma Foley www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...

The border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand is having a personal impact on workers: social hostility, verbal abuse, discrimination, administrative uncertainties regarding work permit renewals...

Thanks @somoamsterdam.bsky.social for shedding light on it. It reminds me that, a few months before the Rana Plaza collapsed in 2013, which killed over 1000 workers, a social audit carried out at a factory there described the construction quality of the building as good. www.ecchr.eu/en/case/more...

"A striking seven out of ten (68%) workers polled feel they do not have the same level of power as their employer when negotiating terms of employment." "Younger workers aged 18-34 are least likely to feel they have equal negotiating power with employers (17%), compared to 37% of those aged 65+."

"You just can't come in and stomp on people and trample them and push them into the ground. We have rights too and we're going to stand up for them." - Mr. Ó Curraoin, whose family has harvested seaweed for over 100 years

“Economic revenue must not come at the expense of protecting the environment and human rights” ‘The country’s presidency of the European Union from July to December this year is a chance to show leadership’ - UN Special Rapporteur fact finding mission in Ireland www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

11/ Mabile rejects the arguments laid out in the surprise last minute intervention by the French prosecutor in support of TotalEnergies' claim that climate change falls outside of the scope of the Duty of Vigilance law read more about this intervention: www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says reut.rs/4rpxDfl

“The cunning disguise this time is soothing words such as simplification and competitiveness.” @ciaranbrennan.bsky.social of @envpillar.bsky.social writes on the dangerous undoing of environmental (and human rights) laws at national and EU level.

Eight Palestinian deported by ICE from the United States to the West Bank - via Ireland. “They dropped us off like animals on the side of the road". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Thousands of sea animals needlessly killed as bycatch of crayfishing industry in practice Dr Nick Payne of @tcddublin.bsky.social says is shameful www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

"Arkema and Daikin Chemicals, two companies suspected of being responsible for the largest area of PFAS pollution in France, have been summoned before the Lyon judicial court by 192 adults and children living in a polluted area south of Lyon."

"The result is that 'serious violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) were wrought', the report continues, 'on a huge scale and with rampant impunity' – while efforts to seek war crimes prosecutions have been limited in response."

"The report found that during Storm Eowyn in January last year, the union heard from workers who had to travel into work, others who were told to take a day’s unpaid leave, and some who were told a day was being taken from their annual leave."

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows: Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account Just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half the global carbon dioxide emission...

An Irish man who was facing up to 20 years in jail for helping refugees in Greece has said the charges brought against him were "farcical". Seán Binder and 23 others were found not guilty of people smuggling, belonging to a criminal organisation and money laundering last night

"It has been over 4 years since workers at the country’s largest hotel & gambling resort began striking, accusing NagaWorld of trying to dismantle the... [union] through mass dismissals & legal action." Sithar is one of the few female union leaders in Cambodia and has been leading the strike. ✊

Please do one impactful thing for the Irish environment and make a submission on this. It's shocking erosion of the public right to access justice. If this goes through, environmental decision making will inevitably disimprove. And it's not like we've been covering ourselves in glory to date.

Calling on Minister to scrap consultation on changes to legal cost rules “This is a wholly inappropriate way to hold a consultation, not least by Department with responsibility for the Aarhus Convention on the rights to public participation and access to justice." www.antaisce.org/news/calling...

'..the dispute “highlights the deep injustice at the heart of the outsourcing model in the tech sector, where responsibility is pushed down the supply chain, and workers pay the price. Just as Meta &Covalen profit off these workers’ labour, they should respect their right to collective bargaining.”'

"Workers on the ships described physical violence, including hitting or strangulation, wage deductions, intimidation and debt bondage – a system that in effect traps them at sea. Many reported working excessive hours with little rest." www.theguardian.com/environment/...