Michel Forst
@michelforst.bsky.social
UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention
https://unece.org/env/pp/aarhus-convention/special-rapporteur
https://unece.org/env/pp/aarhus-convention/special-rapporteur
Reposted by Michel Forst
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
#ViolencesPolicières
Sainte-Soline : « le résultat d’une stratégie délibérée de maintien de l’ordre »
Entretien avec @michelforst.bsky.social par @jeromehourdeaux.bsky.social
Entretien avec @michelforst.bsky.social par @jeromehourdeaux.bsky.social
Sainte-Soline : « le résultat d’une stratégie délibérée de maintien de l’ordre »
Pour Michel Forst, rapporteur spécial de l’ONU sur les défenseurs de l’environnement, les vidéos publiées par Mediapart et « Libération » montrent que les violences policières « ne sont pas de simples “dérapages” individuels » et « appellent des poursuites judiciaires ».
l.mediapart.fr
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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
#ViolencesPolicières
A relire effectivement à la lumière des vidéo révélées par @mediapart.fr et @liberation.fr
#Sainte-Soline. « Il y a une inquiétude partagée sur la manière dont la force est utilisée, en France, dans la gestion des manifestations » @michelforst.bsky.social, rapporteur spécial de l’ONU, 30 mars 2023. Poke @sfoucart.bsky.social
« A Sainte-Soline, la réponse de l’Etat m’a paru largement disproportionnée », estime le rapporteur spécial de l’ONU sur les défenseurs de l’environnement
Dans un entretien au « Monde », Michel Forst juge la situation française « préoccupante », tout en déplorant que « des groupes ultraviolents (…) contribuent à discréditer la cause des militants de l’e...
www.lemonde.fr
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A relire effectivement à la lumière des vidéo révélées par @mediapart.fr et @liberation.fr
🔔 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...
📣 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
🔔 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...
📣 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...
🔔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
💡 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
🔔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
💡 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
🔔 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
🌎 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
🔔 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
🌎 10 consultations
📣 Key challenges & threats for #EnvironmentalDefenders
👉 Full report ENG official unece.org/sites/defaul... & reader-friendly unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
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
📝 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
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
📝 A set of Guiding & Operational Principles for the effective protection of peaceful #EnvironmentalProtesters
👉 Full Guidelines (English): unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
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!
⏱️ 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
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!
⏱️ 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!
Reposted by Michel Forst
#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
#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🧵👇
Reposted by Michel Forst
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_...
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_...
September 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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_...
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_...
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...
"Standing up to injustice should never be a death sentence" - @Global_Witness
globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
September 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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...
"Standing up to injustice should never be a death sentence" - @Global_Witness
globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...
🚨 Complaint SRC/72 Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Dr. Ibadoghlu is an environmental & human rights advocate.
📝 In Feb 2025 I sent a letter to the Gov about his situation to express my concerns about his criminal charges, pre-trial detention & house arrest. My letter shorturl.at/x7cRH &
Gov response shorturl.at/yvzTG
📝 In Feb 2025 I sent a letter to the Gov about his situation to express my concerns about his criminal charges, pre-trial detention & house arrest. My letter shorturl.at/x7cRH &
Gov response shorturl.at/yvzTG
September 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🚨 Complaint SRC/72 Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Dr. Ibadoghlu is an environmental & human rights advocate.
📝 In Feb 2025 I sent a letter to the Gov about his situation to express my concerns about his criminal charges, pre-trial detention & house arrest. My letter shorturl.at/x7cRH &
Gov response shorturl.at/yvzTG
📝 In Feb 2025 I sent a letter to the Gov about his situation to express my concerns about his criminal charges, pre-trial detention & house arrest. My letter shorturl.at/x7cRH &
Gov response shorturl.at/yvzTG
📝 "Protecting environmental defenders to safeguard environmental democracy"
My article in the Autumn 2025 edition of The Geographer (Royal Scottish Geographical Society) is now accessible online: issuu.com/rsgspubs/doc...
My article in the Autumn 2025 edition of The Geographer (Royal Scottish Geographical Society) is now accessible online: issuu.com/rsgspubs/doc...
September 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📝 "Protecting environmental defenders to safeguard environmental democracy"
My article in the Autumn 2025 edition of The Geographer (Royal Scottish Geographical Society) is now accessible online: issuu.com/rsgspubs/doc...
My article in the Autumn 2025 edition of The Geographer (Royal Scottish Geographical Society) is now accessible online: issuu.com/rsgspubs/doc...
🇩🇰 In Copenhagen for the conference Together for Global Climate Action Towards COP30 by GlobalFocus & @caneurope.org.
📣 Parties to the #AarhusConvention should demonstrate leadership for the safe participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders in #COP30 as a key step in achieving just climate action.
📣 Parties to the #AarhusConvention should demonstrate leadership for the safe participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders in #COP30 as a key step in achieving just climate action.
September 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🇩🇰 In Copenhagen for the conference Together for Global Climate Action Towards COP30 by GlobalFocus & @caneurope.org.
📣 Parties to the #AarhusConvention should demonstrate leadership for the safe participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders in #COP30 as a key step in achieving just climate action.
📣 Parties to the #AarhusConvention should demonstrate leadership for the safe participation of #EnvironmentalDefenders in #COP30 as a key step in achieving just climate action.
⚖️ 📣 La décision rendue hier par la CIJ nous rappelle que les défenseurs de l’environnement ne sont pas des extrémistes ou des criminels, mais des gardiens du droit international. Ils sont la voix des générations futures qui rappellent aux états leurs obligations légales de protéger la planète.
July 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
⚖️ 📣 La décision rendue hier par la CIJ nous rappelle que les défenseurs de l’environnement ne sont pas des extrémistes ou des criminels, mais des gardiens du droit international. Ils sont la voix des générations futures qui rappellent aux états leurs obligations légales de protéger la planète.
Reposted by Michel Forst
🌎 Entre Aarhus y Escazú: Protección de personas defensoras en Europa y América Latina
🆕 Formación online
📅 2, 9 y 16 de julio
🗣️ Con voces expertas y amplia experiencia en los instrumentos de Aarhus y Escazú, el litigio y el activismo
🔗 Programa y profesorado: www.idhc.org/es/curs/entr...
🆕 Formación online
📅 2, 9 y 16 de julio
🗣️ Con voces expertas y amplia experiencia en los instrumentos de Aarhus y Escazú, el litigio y el activismo
🔗 Programa y profesorado: www.idhc.org/es/curs/entr...
June 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🌎 Entre Aarhus y Escazú: Protección de personas defensoras en Europa y América Latina
🆕 Formación online
📅 2, 9 y 16 de julio
🗣️ Con voces expertas y amplia experiencia en los instrumentos de Aarhus y Escazú, el litigio y el activismo
🔗 Programa y profesorado: www.idhc.org/es/curs/entr...
🆕 Formación online
📅 2, 9 y 16 de julio
🗣️ Con voces expertas y amplia experiencia en los instrumentos de Aarhus y Escazú, el litigio y el activismo
🔗 Programa y profesorado: www.idhc.org/es/curs/entr...
🚨 7 Azerbaijani journalists sentenced to 7-9 years on fabricated charges in #AbzasMedia case, including editor Sevinj Vagifgizi who told judges: “What the government fears is what we protect: the truth.”
rsf.org/en/azerbaija...
#PressFreedom #Azerbaijan #JournalismIsNotACrime
rsf.org/en/azerbaija...
#PressFreedom #Azerbaijan #JournalismIsNotACrime
Azerbaijan: Up to nine years in prison for Sevinj Vagifgizi and her colleagues, RSF condemns outrageous sentencing
On 20 June, seven Azerbaijani journalists, including editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgizi, were sentenced to between seven and nine years in prison on trumped-up charges of “smuggling foreign currency” in...
rsf.org
June 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🚨 7 Azerbaijani journalists sentenced to 7-9 years on fabricated charges in #AbzasMedia case, including editor Sevinj Vagifgizi who told judges: “What the government fears is what we protect: the truth.”
rsf.org/en/azerbaija...
#PressFreedom #Azerbaijan #JournalismIsNotACrime
rsf.org/en/azerbaija...
#PressFreedom #Azerbaijan #JournalismIsNotACrime
Pour les uns, la France est en train de sortir complètement des rails de la transition écologique ; pour les autres, le pragmatisme a enfin pris le dessus…une quantité inédite de décisions qui pèseront lourd sur l’avenir de l’écologie se sont succédé…
www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...
www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...
En France, les reculs sur l’écologie se multiplient
Zones à faibles émissions, A69, normes agricoles… Depuis le début de l’année, une quantité inédite de votes et de décisions politiques mettent à mal l’ambition écologique du pays.
www.lemonde.fr
June 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Pour les uns, la France est en train de sortir complètement des rails de la transition écologique ; pour les autres, le pragmatisme a enfin pris le dessus…une quantité inédite de décisions qui pèseront lourd sur l’avenir de l’écologie se sont succédé…
www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...
www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...
Reposted by Michel Forst
Extraordinary & disturbing court case unfolding. UN rapporteur @michelforst.bsky.social warns State of 'directly assisting' a private company to sue an environmental activist. 'I am deeply concerned at the significant wider public interest imperilled by this case'
www.independent.ie/irish-news/u...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/u...
UN investigator seeks urgent action as gardaí ordered to disclose confidential file to facilitate defamation case
Deep concerns have been raised over court proceedings where gardaí were ordered to hand over a confidential complaint for use in a defamation case.
www.independent.ie
June 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Extraordinary & disturbing court case unfolding. UN rapporteur @michelforst.bsky.social warns State of 'directly assisting' a private company to sue an environmental activist. 'I am deeply concerned at the significant wider public interest imperilled by this case'
www.independent.ie/irish-news/u...
www.independent.ie/irish-news/u...
📽️ The short film about my mandate is now available with Hungarian subtitles
📽️ Az Aarhusi Egyezmény környezetvédőkkel foglalkozó különmegbízottjának megbízatásáról szóló kisfilm már magyar felirattal is megtekinthető 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uz2...
📽️ Az Aarhusi Egyezmény környezetvédőkkel foglalkozó különmegbízottjának megbízatásáról szóló kisfilm már magyar felirattal is megtekinthető 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uz2...
June 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
📽️ The short film about my mandate is now available with Hungarian subtitles
📽️ Az Aarhusi Egyezmény környezetvédőkkel foglalkozó különmegbízottjának megbízatásáról szóló kisfilm már magyar felirattal is megtekinthető 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uz2...
📽️ Az Aarhusi Egyezmény környezetvédőkkel foglalkozó különmegbízottjának megbízatásáról szóló kisfilm már magyar felirattal is megtekinthető 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uz2...
A must read from @business-humanrights.org
Many key findings support what I see in my work as Special Rapporteur #EnvironmentalDefenders such as restrictions on #protest and the use of legal harassment #SLAPPs
Documentation is essential to raise awareness of the issue and better protect defenders.
Many key findings support what I see in my work as Special Rapporteur #EnvironmentalDefenders such as restrictions on #protest and the use of legal harassment #SLAPPs
Documentation is essential to raise awareness of the issue and better protect defenders.
🆕 We've recorded over 6,400 attacks against people speaking out against corporate harm in the past 10 years - close to two attacks per day on average.
Attacks were reported in relation to almost every business sector and region of the globe over the past decade.
Attacks were reported in relation to almost every business sector and region of the globe over the past decade.
June 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A must read from @business-humanrights.org
Many key findings support what I see in my work as Special Rapporteur #EnvironmentalDefenders such as restrictions on #protest and the use of legal harassment #SLAPPs
Documentation is essential to raise awareness of the issue and better protect defenders.
Many key findings support what I see in my work as Special Rapporteur #EnvironmentalDefenders such as restrictions on #protest and the use of legal harassment #SLAPPs
Documentation is essential to raise awareness of the issue and better protect defenders.
Urgent call: @TotalEnergies and its shareholders must take immediate action to protect environmental defenders in Uganda in the context of the Tilenga/Kingfisher and EACOP
projects.
unece.org/sites/defaul...
projects.
unece.org/sites/defaul...
unece.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Urgent call: @TotalEnergies and its shareholders must take immediate action to protect environmental defenders in Uganda in the context of the Tilenga/Kingfisher and EACOP
projects.
unece.org/sites/defaul...
projects.
unece.org/sites/defaul...
Un début de reconnaissance de la désobéissance civile…
On a maintenant plusieurs décisions en première instance et en appel qui vont dans le même sens!
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/auvergne-rho...
On a maintenant plusieurs décisions en première instance et en appel qui vont dans le même sens!
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/auvergne-rho...
"C'est une décision très forte" : relaxés en appel, des militants écologistes triomphent face à Arkema
La cour d’appel de Lyon a confirmé jeudi la relaxe de sept écologistes qui s’étaient introduits sur le site d’Arkema à Pierre-Bénite pour dénoncer la pollution aux « polluants éternels ». L'un d'entre...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
May 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Un début de reconnaissance de la désobéissance civile…
On a maintenant plusieurs décisions en première instance et en appel qui vont dans le même sens!
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/auvergne-rho...
On a maintenant plusieurs décisions en première instance et en appel qui vont dans le même sens!
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/auvergne-rho...