Green Advocates International and the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic of Yale Law School have written the UN, calling for stronger protection of environmental defenders attending the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) events. Organized under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), COP is the world’s largest forum for international climate negotiations. COP meetings are currently the preeminent forum for international climate negotiations and involve discussions on climate change and other related environmental issues. The report identifies critical gaps in protection for environmental defenders. The clinic team, comprising Shehla Chowdhury, Chloe Miller, Sonya Schoenberger and Ding Yuan, under the supervision of Hope Metcalf (Lecturer in Law and Executive Director, Schell Center for International Human Rights) and Alfred Brownell (Tom and Andi Bernstein Visiting Human Rights Fellow and Founder of Green Advocates International, worked on a year-long project that evaluated risks facing global climate defenders.

Source: GNN Liberia May 02, 2024 13:56 UTC