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Want to contribute to FIDH's advocacy towards the European Union to ensure human rights are at the core of its work? 📣 We are hiring an EU Representative in Brussels! More details on the role and how to apply this way ⬇️ www.fidh.org/en/com/recru...

UN #BindingTreaty on Business & Human Rights: the Chair's new textual proposals are out! While there are some welcome clarifications, some persistent gaps risk leaving key issues such as access to justice, information & consent unaddressed. Our comments: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

Great climate litigation news from the Netherlands! A Dutch court ruled the State has 18 months to set binding emissions targets to reach net zero by 2050 so as to protect the rights of citizens on the Bonaire island. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

🇺🇬 #Uganda: 8 environmental defenders opposing EACOP remain in arbitrary pre-trial detention after repeated court adjournments. The next hearing is scheduled on 12 February. FIDH's Observatory urge their immediate release & an end to their judicial harassment. www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...

Just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half the global C02 emissions driving the climate crisis in 2024, the latest Carbon Majors Report finds. Now more than ever, companies must play their role in the transition away from fossil fuels! www.theguardian.com/environment/... 1/2

Several new resolutions were adopted during FIDH's 42nd Congress in Bogotá. One of them called for a just transition as a vision to shift away from an unjust economic system & extractivism that are driving the climate crisis. www.fidh.org/en/about-us/...

The past few years in Vietnam have seen an unprecedented crackdown on civic space, particularly on environmental & land rights defenders. This repression goes against the human rights clause in Vietnam's trade deal with the EU, our complaint argues. adnchronicles.org/2026/01/02/w...

Our latest #BizHumanRights newsletter! 📩 shorturl.at/nvnfO 🔹EU Omnibus vote 🔹Rights wins at COP30 🔹Just transition at FIDH Congress 🔹Complaint under EU-Ecuador trade agreement 🔹11th session of UN #BindingTreaty Sign up for the next issue⬇️ shorturl.at/grX04

🚨 The European Parliament approved Omnibus I, rolling back key sustainability laws and gutting the #CSDDD. Corporate interests have been prioritised over human rights & the environment, undermining accountability & access to justice for victims worldwide. More: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

Thailand wants to join the OECD, but its human rights record tells a different story. Our letter with 7 partners flags critical gaps in OECD entry: ❌ Repressive laws: 285+ charged under Article 112 of the Criminal Code ❌ Labor violations, with migrants denied basic rights

The @coe.int Convention is a welcome legal development - and one pillar of the Council's new Strategy on the Environment. FIDH & @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social members contributed to the latter. We will closely watch its implementation through the upcoming Steering Committee on the Environment!

Today, #Thailand will submit the Initial Memorandum for its accession to the OECD. FIDH & 7 other organisations wrote to the government urging action on the rule of law, human rights & environmental rights - all key OECD values to address. www.fidh.org/en/region/as...

#TheFarmerCase - a legal action in FIDH's #SeeYouInCourt project - is mentioned in Climate Litigation Network's report on 10 years of climate litigation! We hope it will play a role in securing a just transition & more corporate climate accountability. climatelitigationnetwork.org/TenYearsClim...

The EU-Vietnam Domestic Advisory Group regrets that the economic benefits of the #EVFTA are not matched by progress on human and labour rights. A healthy civic space is vital for civil society organisations and defenders, and the EU must protect it. Statement: link.europa.eu/r7ptgG

🚨 The EU Ombudswoman confirms it: the Commission committed maladministration on #Omnibus I. Rushed, opaque, corporate-driven lawmaking is not acceptable. With more Omnibus packages coming, the message is clear: the EU cannot dismantle rights behind closed doors corporatejustice.org/news/joint-p...

#COP30: FIDH welcomes a hard-fought win with the Just Transition text and new action mechanism - the strongest human rights language ever at COP. But other texts failed to confront fossil fuels. This must be urgently rectified to avert a full breakdown. www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

#TheFarmerCase: hearings continue this Wednesday in a legal action in our #SeeYouInCourt project! The solution to the climate crisis requires multinational companies to immediately stop new GHG emissions. We hope the court will establish this responsibility. www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...

Hugues Falys, l’éleveur Belges qui attaque TotalEnergies en justice ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/3XO

Hugues Falys, paysan belge, mène contre TotalEnergies un procès historique, au nom des champs noyés, des récoltes perdues et des bêtes assoiffées. La justice belge devra trancher sur la responsabilité climatique du géant fossile. Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/hWW

"A Belgian farmer is facing off against oil giant TotalEnergies in court [...], arguing the French company should pay for damage caused by climate change, in the latest lawsuit by environmental activists against big energy companies." The #FarmerCase in @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/belg...

"Backed by FIAN, Greenpeace and the League of Human Rights - and supported by FIDH as part of its ‘See You In Court’ project - the David-vs-Goliath case is the first climate action targeting a multinational company in Belgium." #TheFarmerCase in @euronews.com: www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

An unprecedented climate case, supported by FIDH, opens today in Belgium! Farmer Hugues Falys & three NGOs - FIDH member @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social, @fianbelgium.bsky.social & @greenpeace.be - take TotalEnergies to court for its role in climate change. 👉 www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...

200+ human rights and environmental groups, including @fidh-official.bsky.social under its Observatory on HRD, warned that a letter by the UN climate chief risks encouraging a crackdown on Indigenous Peoples at the climate talks. More in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A UNFCCC letter triggered a security escalation at #COP30, intimidating Indigenous Peoples & silencing the right to peaceful protest. These defenders are protecting the planet & climate. They must never be sidelined, FIDH & its partners urge Simon Stiell. www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...

There’s no climate justice without human rights. No climate ambition, equity or transformation without an open civic space. And no COP of truth if we forget those absent due to repression. At #COP30, we stood up for arbitrarily detained human rights defenders. Free them all!

#Omnibus: By undermining key corporate accountability measures, today's vote in the European Parliament delivers a blow to the EU’s credibility and ambition as a global leader on human rights and sustainability. FIDH's reaction: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

🚨For the first time, @europarl.europa.eu has adopted a legislative mandate thanks to an alliance between conservatives & the far right This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...

It's Human Rights Day at #COP30 & just transition negotiations continue. For @fidh-official.bsky.social, the creation of a Just Transition Mechanism must be a priority, ensuring human rights protection & real participation of defenders & communities. Our comment: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📄 A full advocacy brief, supported by @afd-france.bsky.social and @ec.europa.eu, available at FIDH.org

Meanwhile, hard-won human rights protections in draft climate decisions are under threat. COP30 must prove climate ambition and justice go hand in hand – breaking old patterns, dismantling inequalities, centring those most affected.

🌍🌎🌏 here – and it's an unprecedented human rights crisis. Communities and defenders proposing climate solutions face harassment, criminalisation, and threats.

#COP30 will deal with critical decisions on how to transition beyond a fossil fuel society without replicating mistakes of the past. Transition pathways must genuinely protect human rights, communities & defenders! Our 🆕 advocacy brief makes the case through evidence: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

What would it take to build economic systems organised around care, equity & ecological interdependence? Day 2 of #FIDHCongress saw civil society, public development banks & academics discuss new models that prioritise rights, dignity & reciprocity with the natural world!

On Day 1 of #FIDHCongress in Bogotá, just transition was high on the agenda - right ahead of #COP30! Our plenary session dived into how we can develop pathways for systemic change in the face of environmental crisis. No transition without human rights and justice!

The Paris Judicial Court condemned TotalEnergies for greenwashing due to its deceptive claims on its “ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050” & “be a major player in the energy transition.” A historic ruling in the case by @amisdelaterre.org @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social @greenpeace.fr!

#OEIGWG11 STATEMENT: As UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, along with SR on climate change and human rights Elisa Morgera (...)

Joint statement with UN Special Rapporteurs @astridpuentes.bsky.social & Surya Deva on need to integrate #HumanRight to #HealthyEnvironment and provisions on #CorporateCapture in treaty on #Business & #HumanRights: tinyurl.com/yc74ajbd Linked to my report on #Defossilization: tinyurl.com/46fwbnz3

🌍 Proud moment for LHR! 🌍 Our colleague Jessica Lawrence is in Geneva for the 11th UN #BindingTreaty negotiations, alongside @calsza.bsky.social, AIDC, @fidh-bhr.bsky.social , with support from Fastenaktion. Follow us for daily updates & highlights: 🔗 lnkd.in/eW2_Assp

FIDH experts will be at #COP30 and available for comment on the link between human rights  &  climate justice! We are there to call for: 🟢 A full, just, time‑bound fossil fuel phaseout 🟢 Human‑rights‑led transition policies 🟢 Protection of environmental defenders More information: t.co/rZicT0lpJe

FIDH & its members are at the 11th negotiation session of the UN #BindingTreaty on Business & Human Rights – with one message: 📢 We don't need deregulation, but strong rules to protect human rights & the environment from corporate harms! Our joint statement: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu... 1/4

46 major companies wrote to the French & German governments to call for a repeal of EU laws for corporate accountability. FIDH & @fir-frenchsif.bsky.social urge states to stand by texts aiming to bring much-needed protection for human rights & the environment. www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

Human rights defenders are the first to propose effective climate solutions – and the first to face threats for calling for a just transition. A safe & enabling environment must be a priority, as FIDH's HRD Observatory submitted to @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social's report: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

FIDH & its partners welcome the publication of the #COP30 hosting agreement between Brazil's government & the UNFCCC. This is a first step responding to demands for better transparency & human rights protection at COPs - but much more can & must be done! www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Two years after the @coe.int pledged action on human rights & the environment, it’s time to move past political statements. At our @pace.coe.int side event, experts & leaders made it clear: Europe must start negotiations to legally protect the right to a healthy environment! 1/3

"If affected workers are not allowed to unionise, who will defend them?" Our joint complaint based on the EU-Ecuador Trade Agreement highlights Ecuador's failure to protect labour rights & the environment in the banana industry. In Deutsche Welle: dw.com/es/bananos-d... @actionaidfr.bsky.social

🚨 The Flotilla participants — including FIDH's Vice Presidents Alexis Deswaef & Aziz Rhali, who have been illegally detained by Israel since October 2nd, are being subjected to abuse and mistreatment.

Climate activist Niamh Purcell believes the @coe.int has one way to signal to young people it takes their demands for climate justice seriously. Let's legally protect the right to a healthy environment, in a pledge for our shared humanity & future! bit.ly/4nEpvFy

At the @pace.coe.int session, MP @saskiakluit.bsky.social asked the @coe.int Secretary General what he will be doing in the near future to promote the right to a healthy environment. We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!

Companies supporting new fossil fuel projects have no place in sustainable funds. FIDH is among 120+ organisations, experts & institutions to urge the EU to exclude these investors from all #SFDR categories to stop greenwashing & align with science. @reclaimfinance.org www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...