Collective Work

Women articulating shared positions and advancing collective action on land and natural resources

In recent years, coordinated by the Working Group on Women and ESCR, grassroots women leaders have been articulating shared positions and advancing collective action on land and natural resources; most recently, via a second exchange and a series of contributions to the UN Committee on Economic...

Members and partners gathered to consider environmental human rights litigation

From 11-14 June 2019, the Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD), the Open Society Forum, and the Strategic...

Amicus presented in indigenous rights case before Inter-American Court

This past March, eight members—Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia, Amnesty International,...

To Vale and Business Partners: Remedy and Accountability for Victims Now

Numerous human rights defenders have been alerting the public to the dangers that the Vale dam posed to the people of Brumadinho, Brazil. On 25 January 2019, the dam exploded, unleashing a wave of toxic mud that killed or disappeared more than 300 people, the deadliest mining tragedy...