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UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention

https://unece.org/env/pp/aarhus-convention/special-rapporteur
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ℹ️ Reports - now available in Russian ℹ️

1️⃣ Complaints & activities 👉 shorturl.at/lWN0y

2️⃣ Consultations with environmental defenders 👉 shorturl.at/x4Zyg

3️⃣ Key trends and threats 👉 shorturl.at/pbYBS

💡 For other versions & languages of these reports, see here 👉 unece.org/environmenta...
February 12, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience - Now available in Russian

RUS 👉 shorturl.at/k48v0
FRA 👉 shorturl.at/0zfTp
ESP 👉 shorturl.at/jPNrB
ENG 👉 shorturl.at/9KJVb

#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
February 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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📸 Testimony from an environmental defender: Carlos Choc's experience with the mandate of UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the #AarhusConvention

🎬 Watch Carlos Choc's testimony:
🇪🇸 🇬🇧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2z_...
🇪🇸 🇫🇷 www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FP...
Environmental defender's testimony: Carlos Choc's experience with the mandate (ESP w/ ENG subtitles)
YouTube video by Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders
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February 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience - Available French&Spanish

🇫🇷 👉 shorturl.at/0zfTp
🇪🇸 👉 shorturl.at/jPNrB
🇬🇧 👉 shorturl.at/9KJVb

#AarhusConvention #EnvironmentalDefenders #PeacefulProtest #CivilDisobedience
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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📨 The first 2026 edition of my monthly newsletter is out!
💡 If you missed it but want to stay updated on my work and key events and activities to come...
👉 Sign up here for next month: eepurl.com/jtOQ-Y
February 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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📨 The first 2026 edition of my monthly newsletter is out!
💡 If you missed it but want to stay updated on my work and key events and activities to come...
👉 Sign up here for next month: eepurl.com/jtOQ-Y
February 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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🚨 🇳🇴 Concerning developments - Norway - Supreme Court judgments - right to peaceful environmental protest - prison sentences imposed on environmental defenders

👉 Read my full statement here: unece.org/sites/defaul...

#EnvironmentalDefenders #AarhusConvention #PeacefulProtest
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February 2, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Reposted by Michel Forst
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In October 2025, the Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention @michelforst.bsky.social published guidelines on the right to peaceful environmental protest & civil disobedience. (1/2)
unece.org/sites/defaul...
Cover page of a document titled “Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience.” The title is displayed in bold black and green text on a white background. Below, the author is listed as Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention, with the date October 2025. On the right side of the image, a photograph shows people at a protest, including a person holding a sign in German reading “Dein Planet, Deine Wahl” (“Your planet, your choice”).
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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📣 Newsletter - Launching tomorrow!

📆 Tomorrow I will release the first edition of my newsletter. Each month, it will provide an overview of my work as Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders.

👉 Subscribe here: eepurl.com/jtOQ-Y
December 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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« Les “outre-mer” ne doivent plus être exclus de la Charte sociale européenne »
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Reposted by Michel Forst
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🗺️ Arbitrary long-term detention has become one of the cruelest tools to silence human rights defenders. Around the world, women and men who protect communities, land, and freedoms are jailed on fabricated charges, after unfair trials and under abusive conditions – sometimes paying with their lives.
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Reposted by Michel Forst
unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social
❗ With @srenvironment.bsky.social @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social @SRapporteurFOAA.bsky.social @michelforst.bsky.social we are issuing a statement on international #HumanRights standards on #CivicParticipation at #COP30

We remain available to support inclusive conversations with all concerned
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reposted by Michel Forst
eeb.org
🔴 Live in the European Parliament: “Rights, Risks & Resilience – Strengthening Protections for Environmental Defenders”

⚠️ Across Europe, defenders are standing up for our planet, often at great risk

🌍 Today we discuss how to transform concern into concrete commitments that truly protect defenders
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by Michel Forst
cncdh.fr
Pour @michelforst.bsky.social, dans @mediapart.fr, "Les infractions pénales caractérisées [révélées par les vidéos] appellent des poursuites judiciaires contre les responsables [...]. Elles exigent une remise en cause profonde des doctrines de maintien de l’ordre en France."
#ViolencesPolicières
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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A relire effectivement à la lumière des vidéo révélées par @mediapart.fr et @liberation.fr
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🔔 Report on key trends and threats
📣 This report outlines key trends & makes recommendations to Parties to @UNECE #AarhusConvention for the protection of #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul...
& reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
October 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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🔔Report on complaints and activities
💡 Info & data on complaints received & activities undertaken as Special Rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG – official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...

#UNECE #AarhusConvention
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
michelforst.bsky.social
🔔 Report on regional consultations with environmental defenders
🌎 10 consultations
📣 Key challenges & threats for #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
October 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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NOW OUT: Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience

📝 A set of Guiding & Operational Principles for the effective protection of peaceful #EnvironmentalProtesters

👉 Full Guidelines (English): unece.org/sites/defaul...

#UNECE #AarhusConvention
October 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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POSTPONED: Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience

⏱️ The long awaited Guidelines have to wait a bit more. Sometimes things can go unexpectedly, even for Special Rapporteurs. Hopefully you will read them with even more interest - stay tuned!
October 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Reposted by Michel Forst
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#SimposioOC32 | Esta semana inicia la #ClimateWeekNYC, y la emergencia climática ocupa cada vez más el centro de la agenda internacional. En este marco, presentamos nuevos artículos que exploran el impacto de la Opinión Consultiva 32 sobre emergencia climática y #DDHH🧵👇
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by Michel Forst
endrepression-az.org
The UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders has submitted an amicus brief in Anar Mammadli’s case 🌍

Azerbaijan has a duty under the Aarhus Convention: defenders must not face reprisals ⚖️

Calls for Anar’s release and for charges to be dropped 🕊️

🔗 unece.org/ACSR_C_2024_...
Graphic with a teal background showing a quote from Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on environmental defenders under the Aarhus Convention. Text reads: “Environmental defenders must not be penalised, persecuted or harassed for their work under the Aarhus Convention. I therefore urge to ensure: • The prompt release of Mr. Anar Mammadli from pre-trial detention; • The withdrawal of all criminal charges against Mr. Anar Mammadli.” Below is Michel Forst’s name, title, reference to his letter on 19 September 2025, and a small photo of him in front of the UN flag. Website link: www.free-anar.site.
September 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or disappeared in 2024, more than worrying!

"Standing up to injustice should never be a death sentence" - @Global_Witness

globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
September 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM