Marco Simons

General Counsel at @EarthRightsIntl. Tweeting about intl human rights & environmental law, corporate accountability & climate change. Views are my own.

[EarthRights Intl @EarthRightsIntl]

NEW: This is a damning warning letter from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) to Canada about its proactive support of Enbridge and #Line5

THREAD 🧵
https://t.co/W2rk7LBplV
@commondreams @grist @WPR @metrotimes

[Center for International Environmental Law @ciel_tweets]

📰NEW: The Special Rapporteur on the rights of #IndigenousPeoples recommends that Canada “cease construction or operation" of #Line5 until free, prior, & informed consent is secured.

Read our statement with @EarthRightsIntl & Bay Mills Indian Community:
https://t.co/U3pbIVX3BB

[Marco Simons @Power_of_Law]

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[Marco Simons @Power_of_Law]

@MaCamilaBustos @StateDept I was able to do same-day processing for travel within 72 hours, but within the last year they appear to have restricted this to "life-or-death emergency travel" only (with documentation!). But I was told that appointments for urgent service may open up if you keep calling.

[EarthRights Intl @EarthRightsIntl]

Corporations that commit human rights abuses are using a new strategy to avoid accountability: going after the lawyers, activists, & nonprofits calling out their corporate abuse.

“Civil society is not just going to lay down & take this,” - @Power_of_Law
https://t.co/nBf64WazHv

[Accountability Counsel @AccountCounsel]

At the @WorldBank #AnnualMeetings, President @DavidMalpassWBG and the Board have yet to answer whether and how the bank will remedy known and independently verified harm to communities caused by its projects without a finalized #remedy framework.

[Accountability Counsel @AccountCounsel]

Last week AC, with the support of @EarthRightsIntl, filed an amicus brief to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to support our partners’ (@CenterForBioDiv @ciel_tweets @foe_us) lawsuit to ensure transparency & stakeholder engagement at @DFCgov. Read more here https://t.co/Uzw9vX1Mtd

[Make Polluters Pay @StopBigOil]

Millions of working people are struggling to make ends meet with high gas prices and utility bills. Watch and share our latest video with @RoKhanna on why Big Oil is to blame and how a windfall profits tax can help bring immediate relief. 📽️ #BlameBigOil

[EarthRights Intl @EarthRightsIntl]

BREAKING CASE NEWS:
Injunction granted, mining permit process HALTED!!

A Karen Indigenous community in Omkoi, Thailand, is fighting to stop a destructive coal mine. The court just ruled that while the case proceeds, the company must stop the mine permitting process. HUGE!

[Kirk Herbertson @KirkHerbertson]

Breaking: For years, First Amendment lawyers have called for legislation to end the use of SLAPPs in federal courts. Today @RepRaskin introduced the SLAPP Protection Act, which will help protect the free speech rights of politically engaged citizens. https://t.co/5j6HiW8o0Z

[EarthRights Intl @EarthRightsIntl]

"La orden de ayer ha sido un hito en este juicio histórico. Las familias han estado esperando durante años esta decisión por parte los tribunales a pesar de los agotadores esfuerzos de Chiquita para desestimar el caso." - dijo el Director Jurídico General, @Power_of_Law

[Marco Simons @Power_of_Law]

Shocked, shocked to learn that the electric utility industry, heavily dependent on fossil fuel usage, has been engaged in climate denial and deception

https://t.co/ns2KslHnXw

[Marco Simons @Power_of_Law]

@KelsitaJC Thanks Kelsey, you were a huge part of this win!

[EarthRights Intl @EarthRightsIntl]

Climate lawsuits aren't a distraction. They are a way for communities to seek justice for harms created by the oil and gas industry.

https://t.co/JkLx7npwJP

[EarthRights Intl @EarthRightsIntl]

"Today’s order was a milestone in this historic lawsuit. The families have been waiting years to have their day in court despite strenuous efforts by Chiquita to have the case dismissed." - EarthRights General Counsel, Marco Simons (@Power_of_Law) said. https://t.co/0TRR8UGk2N

[Marco Simons @Power_of_Law]

Our amazing @EarthRightsIntl legal team just won a major court decision on behalf of our clients suing @Chiquita for its illegal financing of death squads in #Colombia
@NSArchive @colombiareports @kennardmatt @HumanRightsHLS @SshhZlaw

https://t.co/iisih5o82n

[Just Security @just_security]

#Myanmar Junta’s Execution of Activists Casts Harsh Light on Absence of U.S. Sanctions on Oil and Gas

- On the heels of bipartisan Congressional calls for Biden administration #sanctions.

- In advance of #Blinken’s trip to #ASEAN

By @KeelTheTraveler

https://t.co/Ul3hYvOj6H

[Marco Simons @Power_of_Law]

This is... stupid.

"Celebrity private jet travel" is a rounding error in global GHG emissions - not something to focus on.

The #ClimateCrisis won't be solved through personal virtue & individual choices - only broad policy changes and systemic action.

https://t.co/n4fSDEnEh3

[Marco Simons @Power_of_Law]

Myanmar's military junta executed four pro-democracy activists today. Sanctioning the military's gas revenues is more urgent than ever.
https://t.co/aglxSo4vhw

[Marco Simons @Power_of_Law]

So, it turns out the Constitution *IS* a suicide pact https://t.co/ZZ81QKQjYI