UN Expert Warns Repression of Climate Advocacy Threatens Human Rights

UN expert warns repression of climate advocacy threatens human rights

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Mary Lawlor called on world leaders on Friday to end the repression of climate activists and protect them as human rights defenders instead, emphasizing that the climate crisis is a human rights crisis. The UN expert stated: “States are repressing the voices of the exact people they should be working alongside … We are seeing a backlash in every region of the world, with the repres…

Repression of climate activists undermines a just transition: UN expert (Press Release)

Press Release: The climate crisis is a human rights crisis and those calling for their governments to mitigate its impacts must be protected as human rights defenders.