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Latest from the Business, Human Rights & Environment Desk of @FIDH_en #BizHumanRights

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

All eyes on Paris next week for duty of vigilance news: the decision in the climate case against TotalEnergies is approaching!

Judges could force the company to reduce its emissions across all its activities to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

https://t.co/wOg0ygjEmP

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

#SB64: As the UN mid-year climate talks open, pressure is mounting for negotiations to deliver policies rooted in human rights and social justice.

Rights protections, public participation and civic space must guide the transition away from fossil fuels!

https://t.co/k4FlmOMbLc

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

The @coe's Member States must start negotiating a binding legal instrument on the right to a healthy environment as soon as possible!

Our hope is to celebrate next year’s #WorldEnvironmentDay in a negotiation room. Will States be able to make that happen?

[Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @HealthyenvCoE]

It is #WorldEnvironmentDay, and we have a message for the @coe!

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[Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @HealthyenvCoE]

As the 1st European Forum on Environmental Human Rights Defenders begins, what should States do to effectively protect the right to a healthy environment across Europe?
Our Campaign wanted to discuss the benefits of a @coe legally binding instrument for rightsholders & advocates!

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

Russian authorities are cracking down on rights activists fighting for Indigenous people threatened by extractivism and climate breakdown.

It is the case of Selkup defender Daria Egereva. We demand her immediate release!

https://t.co/zuaV2pc5Xc

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

It is a yes!

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution backing the International Court of Justice's opinion that countries have legal obligations to address climate change.

Congratulations to the campaigners who made this diplomatic victory possible!

https://t.co/AZRrylvOpp

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

A crucial vote for climate justice is coming at the UN General Assembly on 20 May!

FIDH is among 180+ organisations urging States to support a resolution that would endorse the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on climate change.

https://t.co/JQNgxSPc19

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

In 2025, there were nearly 800 attacks against defenders raising the alarm about business-related harms and injustices.

These defenders are the same bringing real solutions to intersecting crises.

Read more in the new report by @BHRCmedia:
https://t.co/1xofnvBSKm

[Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @HealthyenvCoE]

We are grateful to @CommissionerHR & @PACE_News for prioritising the protection of the right to a healthy environment in their work!

Its legal recognition through a binding instrument is the key step to ensure @coe aligns with the ICJ's advisory opinion.

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

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🔹Farmer Case admissible
🔹Fossil fuel phaseout at Santa Marta & COP31
🔹Ecuador: UN experts decry repression of Indigenous defenders
🔹UN Binding Treaty intersessional

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[SR human rights & climate change, Elisa Morgera @SRclimatechange]

In #SantaMarta for 1st International Conference on Transitioning Away from #FossilFuels, sharing expectations on:

💡 more inclusive multilateralism for #ClimateAction & #HumanRights protection

🏵️ benefits for #health, economic #equality, #peace

🔗 https://t.co/UppwFOi08y

[The Observatory @OBS_defenders]

🇺🇬 #Uganda: On 14/04/26, 8 #HRDs opposing #EACOP were convicted by the Buganda Road Court in Kampala after almost 9 months in pre-trial detention. Sentencing is scheduled for 17 April.

📣 We urge the Ugandan authorities to release them immediately !
👉https://t.co/YozsrIF9aH

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

Indigenous climate leader Daria Egereva faces up to 20 years in jail in Russia for her peaceful UN work.

Human rights defender Natalia Leongardt faces the same false terrorism charges.

We demand their immediate release!

https://t.co/BUiDZQ11hU

[Sherpa @Asso_Sherpa]

⚖️ A landmark ruling: the Paris Criminal Court has convicted Lafarge and four former executives of financing terrorist organisations and violating international sanctions. Read our press release 👉 https://t.co/2QPD6ZQf3h

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

Ecuador: UN Special Rapporteurs raise alarm over repression targeting Indigenous Peoples & human rights defenders.

They echo FIDH & its members’ concerns and call for accountability.

https://t.co/w094nSP8iY

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

Road to #COP31: The Just Transition Mechanism must live up to its name!

Centring real participation & human rights safeguards in the Mechanism is key to effective climate solutions that also advance social justice.

Our joint @UNFCCC submission
👉 https://t.co/HYrbjFuYYD

[Observatorio Ciudadano @ObservatorioC]

La Universidad de Nuremberg fue escenario de un panel sobre los desafíos de una transición energética justa, centrado en la extracción de #litio en los salares altoandinos de Chile, Argentina y Bolivia (ABC).

La actividad reunió a académicos de la casa de estudios, junto a representantes de @Germanwatch y la Federación Internacional de Derechos Humanos (@BHR_FIDH ).

La presentación principal estuvo a cargo de José Aylwin, del Observatorio Ciudadano, quien expuso avances de una investigación en curso sobre los impactos de la explotación del litio en la región, desarrollada en conjunto con @CELS_Argentina y CIDES de la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés.

[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

Will 2026 be the year a fossil fuel phaseout becomes reality?

Momentum is building with the Santa Marta Conference & a new COP Roadmap.

A fast, full & just phaseout is a human rights & practical imperative, we argue in our submissions
👉 https://t.co/z0Zio5zvzN

[Right to a Healthy Environment at the CoE @HealthyenvCoE]

Great environment news from Chisinau, where the @coe recently held its High-Level Conference on the European Social Charter!
1️⃣ France officially notified the @coe of the extension of the applicability of the European Social Charter to its overseas territories and communities
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[Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @BHR_FIDH]

How can we ensure a just energy transition that does not reproduce business as usual?

We are holding a discussion on the environmental and human rights impacts of lithium extraction with José Aylwin, FIDH Vice-President.

Details👇