Maria Laura Canineu

Deputy Director in the Environment and Human Rights Division at HRW

[Widad Franco @widadfranco]

🚨This afternoon the 🇺🇳UN General Assembly adopted a resolution urging UN member countries to transform the @ICJ_org's findings on State responsibilities on climate change into action, led by @VanuatuUN

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@hrw's @loucharbon's reaction and mini 🧵
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[HRW Brasil @hrw_brasil]

Neste ano, o #DiaDaTerra coincide com o segundo dia da conferência das partes do Acordo de Escazú. A data é um forte lembrete ao Brasil de que está mais do que na hora de ratificar o tratado regional de proteção ao meio ambiente e seus defensores.

[HRW Brasil @hrw_brasil]

Em vez de preservarem o patrimônio ambiental, parlamentares se colocam ao lado de grileiros e criminosos ao promoverem projetos para impedir a atuação do @ibamagov.

O crime organizado, envolvido em desmatamento e garimpo ilegal, deve estar aplaudindo.

https://t.co/s0LxGcjz83

[HRW Brasil @hrw_brasil]

Brasil: Reformule as políticas de segurança pública https://t.co/7DoMWh7sEe

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

NEW: World Report 2026 is Live – Human Rights Watch tracks rights trends in 100+ countries around the globe. #Rights2026

Learn more: https://t.co/hVH89N00me

[louis charbonneau @loucharbon]

#Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ puts rights abusers & war crimes suspects in charge of the global order -- my new opinion piece on @AlJazeera

By sidelining the UN & human rights, the US president is proposing a club of impunity -- @hrw
https://t.co/AKlYTwcAax

[César Muñoz @_Cesar_Munoz]

Brazil's Senate has approved a constitutional amendment that would arbitrarily block land claims by Indigenous people. It's a terrible setback for Indigenous rights and Amazon conservation.

The Chamber of Deputies should reject it.
https://t.co/NqP7M8UUDG

[César Muñoz @_Cesar_Munoz]

Brazil´s Congress didn´t pay any attention to the gravity of the climate crisis exposed at #COP30. Instead, a week later, it gave the green light to legal provisions that dismantle environmental licensing and seriously weaken the protection of the Amazon.
https://t.co/KRBU3tskN3

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

As #COP30 comes to a close, we remind governments of their international obligations to address climate change as well as to respect and protect environmental defenders' basic rights.

Hear more from environmental defenders at #COP30 ⤵️

[César Muñoz @_Cesar_Munoz]

Organized crime has an increasing role in environmental destruction in the Amazon.

I explained its devastating impact on the rainforest and on Indigenous people and local communities in an interview with the International Risk Podcast.

Listen to it here:
https://t.co/wY3xsz4b6T

[Maria Laura Canineu @mlcanineu]

Enquanto o mundo se reúne para enfrentar a crise climática na COP30, o Congresso está considerando propostas que a agravariam. Essas medidas poderiam ter um grave impacto na Amazônia e nos direitos humanos das comunidades que lá vivem.
Saiba mais:
https://t.co/yxHaY3e74B

[Maria Laura Canineu @mlcanineu]

As the world comes together to tackle the climate crisis at #COP30 in Brazil, its Congress is considering proposals that would exacerbate it. Those measures could have severe impact on the Amazon, which is critical for global climate. New @hrw piece:
https://t.co/E1beaV9ANv

[César Muñoz @_Cesar_Munoz]

Governos repressivos que sediaram a cúpula do clima da ONU (COP) não permitiram manifestações por 3 anos.

Hoje milhares de pessoas marcharam em Belém exigindo ações urgentes para combater as mudanças climáticas e proteger os direitos fundamentais.

Foi emocionante estar lá.

[César Muñoz @_Cesar_Munoz]

Excellent news!!!

Brazil´s Chamber of Deputies has just approved the Escazú Agreement. It now goes to the Senate.

Learn more about this landmark treaty for Latin American and Caribbean nations that advances the right to a healthy environment:

[Maria Laura Canineu @mlcanineu]

O @Incra_oficial deveria rejeitar a proposta de reduzir a área do PDS Terra Nossa.

Aprovada, a redução abriria caminho à regularização da grilagem, que tem gerado desmatamento e violência a pequenos agricultores na Amazônia.

https://t.co/RPeT2ZiBGA

[Maria Laura Canineu @mlcanineu]

Brazil's @Incra_oficial should publicly reject a proposal to downsizing the sustainable resettlement PDS Terra Nossa, in the Amazon.

If approved, this proposal would reward illegal land-grabbers with impunity and leave residents vulnerable to violence.

https://t.co/oOLTawE6NE

[Maria Laura Canineu @mlcanineu]

Pessoas deslocadas por ressacas do mar intensificadas pelas mudanças climáticas sofrem constantes violações de direitos.

Governos precisam encontrar soluções duradouras e desenvolver políticas de adaptação que garantam direitos humanos.

https://t.co/YxBQACSSB5

[Maria Laura Canineu @mlcanineu]

Senegalese people displaced by tidal surges intensified by climate change are suffering ongoing rights violations.

Senegal should urgently provide a durable solution and develop policy to ensure rights-respecting planned relocation.

https://t.co/YxBQACSSB5

[Maria Laura Canineu @mlcanineu]

Now it’s up to the National Congress to uphold these vetoes, block what could be Brazil’s biggest environmental setback in decades, and show climate leadership as the country prepares to host COP30.

[Maria Laura Canineu @mlcanineu]

@LulaOficial's vetoes to the #DevastationBill, including the one that blocks fast-track licenses (“LACs”) for projects with medium pollution potential, are critical for environmental protection in Brazil.

https://t.co/nXoL6YMyMY

[Maria Laura Canineu @mlcanineu]

However, it is concerning to have maintained fast-track licensing rules for so-called “strategic projects” (LAE), which seem to prioritize economic interests over environmental protection.