[posted on Center for International Environmental Law, February 9th, 2018] Yesterday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights released a precedent-setting opinion which recognizes the right to a healthy environment as fundamental to human existence and enumerates key duties of States in protecting that and other environment-related rights. “This opinion extends and strengthens the growing body of law confirming States’ obligations to...

Stop ai progetti di estrazione del gas in Europa

Riceviamo e diffondiamo.   Il Parlamento Europeo sta per decidere se appoggiare la costruzione di oltre 90 progetti per l’estrazione di gas naturale. Abbiamo fino a mercoledì 14 per unirci alle comunità che subiranno gli impatti di questi progetti e chiedere ai nostri rappresentanti di opporsi.   Manda subito un’email ai tuoi rappresentanti presso il Parlamento Europeo.   La lista dei progetti include il...

[posted by Rob Evans on The Guardian, March 7th, 2018] Another firm is seeking a sweeping injunction against environmental protesters, drawing accusations that the legal move is “draconian and chillingly anti-democratic”. UK Oil and Gas (UKOG) has applied for a broad injunction to prevent campaigners from mounting protests that it says would unlawfully interfere with its operations. The injunction, if granted by a judge, would cover...

[posted by Dom Phillips on The Guardian, March 7th, 2018] At least 7.7 million Brazilians, or one every minute, have been forced to leave their homes since 2000, a pioneering study has found. Of those, 6.4 million moved after large-scale flooding, droughts and other natural disasters, while 1.2 million were forced out by large-scale construction projects such as dams. The analysis was conducted by Forced Migration Observatory (FMO), a...

[posted by Arthur Neslen on The Guardian, March 5th, 2018] Officials from 24 Latin American and Caribbean states have signed a legally binding environmental rights pact containing measures to protect land defenders, almost two years to the day since environmental leader Berta Cáceres was killed in her home in Honduras. Last year almost 200 nature protectors were killed across the world, 60% of them in Latin America. The new treaty...

[posted on The Guardian, February 6, 2018] A court in central Vietnam has sentenced an activist to 14 years in jail for livestreaming fishermen marching to file a lawsuit against a Taiwan-owned steel plant’s spill of toxins into the ocean. Hoang Duc Binh, 34, was convicted of abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the state, organisation and people, and opposing officers on duty, following a trial on Tuesday by...