© 2022 REUTERS/Abubaker LubowaHuman Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the challenges and risks child and youth human rights defenders face for the upcoming report by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. These rules put youth and other human rights defenders and journalists at further risk of being targeted by the authorities for their online content. You need to stop working on EACOP.”[25]Human Rights Watch encourages the Special Rapporteur to call on governments to:Promote and protect universally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect, and protect the work of climate activists, in line with their human rights obligations. Respect and protect the rights of all human rights defenders and civil society organizations to exercise freedoms of association, assembly, and expression, in accordance with international human rights norms. Where applicable, ratify and implement regional human rights agreements to ensure public participation in environmental decision-making and to protect environmental defenders.

Source: The Guardian November 13, 2023 05:10 UTC