Global leaders have shied away from protecting human rights during 2023
“The international system that we rely on to protect human rights is under threat as world leaders look the other way when universal principles of human rights are violated” – HRW World Report 2024
COP28: Landmark decision for children’s voices; failure to take adequate action on fossil fuels
“In a landmark decision for the world’s children, negotiators at COP28 agreed to convene a dialogue in 2024 to discuss the climate crisis’s disproportionate impacts on children and to review relevant policy solutions.”
Canadian journalist fears local security forces after being attacked in Mato Grosso do Sul
Renaud Philippe: “I have never been so worried about my safety at the hands of those who are supposed to ‘serve and protect.'”
COP28 delegates must listen to children’s voices and perspectives
“We believe it is essential for children to be integral participants in the decision-making processes regarding climate. The decisions made at these high-stakes discussions will dictate the future that we, as the younger generations, will inherit” – CRIN
UN Submission: Promoting Environmental Democracy: Countering Attacks on Access to Information and Reinforcing Civic Space
IFEX’s submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment builds on an emerging area of IFEX work by drawing on illustrative contexts and initiatives from our network. The submission shows how civil society has been stepping in to resist the targeting of journalists and defenders by States and companies and to address the resulting vacuum of information critical for environmental democracy and action where States have failed.
Combating climate misinformation in MENA’s environmental crises
Special Issue: Naseem Tarawnah brings an access to information focus to his latest regional brief, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Fighting information pollution to promote a healthier environment
How polluters have been manipulating the information sphere to shut down opposing voices and worsen the climate crisis – and how people are fighting back.
Venezuelan authorities detain, charge environmental journalist Luis Alejandro Acosta
The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for the immediately release of freelance environmental journalist Luis Alejandro Acosta. Evidence suggests that he was arrested for his journalism.
Yorm Bopha: A profile
Neither prison nor constant threats have stopped Bopha from continuing her fight against the displacement of thousands of residents.