Environmental Human Rights Updates
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Honduran Supreme Court holds Guapinol Defender trial violates international human rights obligations
The NLG-IC, member of Observatory for Justice of the Guapinol and San Pedro River Defenders in Colón, Honduras, welcomes the Court decisions published yesterday by the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Court of Honduras. The rulings resolved two outstanding amparo actions (requests for injunctive relief) presented by the environmentalists’ defense during 2020 and 2021 […]
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NLG IC joins amicus brief for Guapinol water defenders in Honduras
International experts urge the Supreme Court of Justice to put an end to the arbitrary detention of the Guapinol River Defenders in Honduras and to respond to habeas corpus appeal December 15, 2021 Today, before the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of Honduras, the National Lawyers Guild International Committee was among nine […]
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Friday, Dec. 10, Webinar: Food Sovereignty and Peoples’ Struggle for Liberation, Palestine – Jackson – Brazil
The following event was organized by NLG President Suzanne Adely and NLG IC Steering Committee member Jeff Frank. Please join and share: *en español abajo FOOD SOVEREIGNTY & Peoples’ Struggle for LIBERATION PALESTINE – JACKSON – BRAZIL A conversation on Food Sovereignty and our local, national, global, political Struggles for Liberation In Solidarity with the […]
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Video: Movement Lawyering and Working with Indigenous Communities
On August 27, 2020, the National Lawyers Guild Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Committee and Environmental Human Rights Committee organized the fourth event in their webinar series, “Movement Lawyering and Working with Indigenous Communities,” hosted by Natali Segovia, co-chair of the IPRC. The speakers during the event were Julianna Repp, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, and Pat Handlin. Lawyers who […]
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August 27, Webinar: Movement Lawyering: Working With Indigenous Peoples
Thursday, August 27 4:00 pm Pacific/7:00 pm Eastern Register: https://bit.ly/indigenousmvmts Watch on Facebook Live: https://facebook.com/NLGIC Organized by the NLG Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Committee and Environmental Human Rights Committee Lawyers who were part of the legal efforts at Standing Rock will discuss the challenges and lessons learned from working within a movement space that was/is indigenous-led. […]
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Video: Indigenous Peoples and the Struggle Against Extractive Industry
The following webinar was organized by the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Committee and the Environmental Human Rights Committee of the National Lawyers Guild on June 23, 2020, with speakers Michelle Cook, Leoyla Cowboy Giron, Leona Morgan and Jakeline Romero Epiayu. The panel discussion focused on the impact of extractive industries (mining, oil pipelines, fracking, etc.) on […]
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Video: Earth Rights and Indigenous Sovereignty in an International Human Rights Framework with Andy Reid
This webinar was organized on July 9, 2020 by the National Lawyers Guild’s Environmental Human Rights Committtee and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Committee. The webinar focused on the concept of “earth rights,” indigenous sovereignty and resistance, and the use of international human rights norms, with reflections on lessons from the Black Hills, #NoDAPL and current KXL […]
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July 9, Webinar: Earth Rights and Indigenous Sovereignty in an International Human Rights Framework with Andy Reid
Join the National Lawyers Guild’s Environmental Human Rights Committtee and Indigenous Peoples Rights Committee for a webinar on Thursday, July 9, at 4:00 pm Pacific – 7:00 pm Eastern. The webinar will focus on the concept of “earth rights,” indigenous sovereignty and resistance, and the use of international human rights norms, with reflections on lessons […]
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Video: Decolonization, Discovery, Sovereignty, and Neocolonialism
On June 26, the NLG Indigenous Peoples Rights Committee and Environmental Human Rights Committee hosted a webinar with Tupac Enrique Acosta of Tonatierra. This foundational decolonization webinar addresses the Doctrine of Discovery, the intersection between indigenous and environmental struggles, facing the challenges of neocolonialism (i.e., the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)) and the forced disappearance of the […]
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NLG and IADL file amicus brief in Donziger case, highlighting corporate impunity and human rights violations
An amicus brief was filed today by the National Lawyers Guild and International Association of Democratic Lawyers in the Second Circuit on behalf of human rights attorney, Steven Donziger, supporting his request for mandamus relief. The brief provides an international human rights law perspective on shocking treatment of Mr. Donziger in nearly a decade legal […]
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