Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH

Bananos del Ecuador: queja de sindicalistas ante la UE – DW – 29/09/2025 Exposición indebida a plaguicidas, jornadas extensas y violación del derecho de asociación: las condiciones laborales de los trabajadores del banano de Ecuador son objeto de una queja presentada a la ...

"If affected workers are not allowed to unionise, who will defend them?"

Our joint complaint based on the EU-Ecuador Trade Agreement highlights Ecuador's failure to protect labour rights & the environment in the banana industry.

In Deutsche Welle: dw.com/es/bananos-d...

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🚨 The Flotilla participants — including FIDH's Vice Presidents Alexis Deswaef & Aziz Rhali, who have been illegally detained by Israel since October 2nd, are being subjected to abuse and mistreatment.

Climate activist Niamh Purcell believes the @coe.int has one way to signal to young people it takes their demands for climate justice seriously.

Let's legally protect the right to a healthy environment, in a pledge for our shared humanity & future!

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At the @pace.coe.int session, MP @saskiakluit.bsky.social asked the @coe.int Secretary General what he will be doing in the near future to promote the right to a healthy environment.
We need an additional protocol NOW to legally protect the right & protect all other rights from environmental crisis!

Companies supporting new fossil fuel projects have no place in sustainable funds.
FIDH is among 120+ organisations, experts & institutions to urge the EU to exclude these investors from all #SFDR categories to stop greenwashing & align with science.
@reclaimfinance.org

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Protecting the right to a healthy environment means protecting our future.

Do not miss this important event to explore the benefits of @coe.int recognition at the @pace.coe.int session!

🔗Room 6 at Palais de l'Europe or via Zoom (access code: 421303):
coe-int.zoom.us/j/6379361368...

In South America’s lithium triangle, the scramble for transition minerals endangers human rights and the environment A new study details the patterns of human rights and environmental abuses until now linked to mining in the

Read more about how lithium mining has already affected Indigenous Peoples in the high Andean flats of Latin America in our joint report 👇

www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

At an HRC panel, FIDH delivered a statement w/ Observatorio Ciudadano, @cels-argentina.bsky.social & partners from the Licanantay Indigenous People.

The energy transition must not reproduce inequalities, but centre justice & human rights for Indigenous Peoples.

www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

Last June, Italian MP & @pace.coe.int member Aurora Floridia asked a critical question to the @coe.int Committee of Ministers:

❓Will European leaders finally launch the drafting of a legally binding instrument on the right to a healthy environment?

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HAPPENING TODAY!
Join us & @asfngo.bsky.social for a conversation on how community rights can be effectively protected in the context of conservation in Kenya!

🗣️Experts from @business-humanrights.org, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenyatta University

🔗 Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...

The EU-Ecuador trade agreement must work to protect workers' rights in the banana industry Ecuadorian trade union ASTAC and its European partners ActionAid France, FIDH, ASTM Luxembourg and Baldon Avocats denounce the outrageous lack of (…)

🚨 In Ecuador, banana plantation workers suffer serious labour rights violations, pesticide poisoning & criminalisation.

✊ Together with the ASTAC union, we filed a complaint with the European Commission to demand the EU & Ecuador take action!

www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

@actionaidfr.bsky.social

The #BackToTheFuture March arrived in Brussels!

90km, 3-days journey on the footsteps on the promise of the EU to the workers. Now this promise had been broken by EU's deregulation drive.

We want a #PublicServicesAgenda that protects people and the planet!

The EU Green Deal is not just policy, it’s a lifeline

As climate catastrophes multiply, we cannot weaken rules for companies to reduce emissions. Accountability & ambition must guide Europe’s just transition.

We are saying it loud: from Maastricht to Brussels from 21-23 Sept #BackToTheFuture march

Conservation is often presented as a model that protects the environment & supports local development.

But in Isiolo, many communities have faced land access restriction, silenced voices & struggles to access remedy.

This Thursday, join us and @asfngo.bsky.social for a critical discussion!

We deserve a thriving future, not a rerun of a broken past 💫

Human rights and climate justice go hand in hand – together, we can push decision makers to choose people and planet over exploitation.

✊ We’re joining the #BackToTheFuture march for a green and socially just world!

I'm joining #BackToTheFuture backtothefuturemarch.org

No company doing business in the #EU should profit from poverty wages, child labour or outsourcing to places with weak environmental rules

#March4Rights #HoldBizAccountable @foeeurope.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social

Just transition and human rights: FIDH’s submission to the United Nations Secretary General’s synthesis report The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has submitted its views to inform the United Nations (UN) Secretary General’s Report on Just (…)

As negotiators get ready for just transition talks at #COP30, FIDH will continue to advocate for human rights-based, whole-of-society approaches that can enable truly just transitions.

Read our contributions to the UN Secretary-General's report!
📄 fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

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A/HRC/60/52: Synthesis report on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to just transition and the full realization of human rights for all people - Repo... The present report examines how existing international human rights frameworks can help guide just transition, identifies key barriers and challenges and outlines applicable human rights frameworks.

3️⃣ Shift towards a “human rights economy” + debt relief for countries least responsible for the climate crisis;
4️⃣ Strong measures for decent work, universal public services & public participation.

📄 www.ohchr.org/en/documents...

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We welcome that the report takes up many of the recommendations FIDH submitted:

1️⃣ Establishment of strong business accountability frameworks covering transnational value chains
2️⃣ Protection of human rights defenders & Indigenous Peoples as key leaders in real solutions

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This could not be more urgent.

The notion of “just transition” is co-opted by both private actors & States to describe actions that do not respect human rights & the planet.

These only perpetuate business as usual – including in sectors linked to decarbonisation.

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Today, the UN Secretary General presents his synthesis report on just transition & human rights to the Human Rights Council.

FIDH fully shares its call! International human rights law is a critical framework to ensure transition pathways prioritise human dignity & redress systemic injustices.

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Soutenir Hugues - Thefarmercase.be Face à cette situation injuste, Hugues et les 3 associations qui le soutiennent, ont décidé d’agir mais nous ne pourrons y arriver que grâce à vous.

The solution to the climate crisis requires multinational companies to immediately stop new investments in fossil fuels to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

We stand with Hugues Falys. You?

Join the #FarmerCase support community!
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YouTube video by Ligue des Droits Humains FIDH supports Hugues Falys in his climate lawsuit against @totalenergies!

#FarmerCase hearings begin on 19 November!

FIDH supports Hugues Falys in his climate lawsuit against TotalEnergies, together with @liguedroitshumains.bsky.social @greenpeace.be & @fianbelgium.bsky.social.

Court decisions are crucial for a just transition!
www.youtube.com/shorts/d29rW...

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A deregulation wave is putting hard-fought EU laws at risk.

That's why advocates are marching from Maastricht to Brussels: to demand that legislators bring back social rights and environmental protection as a leading priority.

Follow their journey #BackToTheFuture! 👇

Lithium mining leaves severe impacts in Chile, but new methods exist: Report A new report on the impact of lithium mining in South America’s lithium triangle has found that methods used by companies in the rush to extract the mineral in Chile’s Salar de Atacama has led to an “...

In Chile’s Salar de Atacama, the methods companies use in the rush to extract lithium have led to irreversible water loss, our report documented.

This strongly affects Indigenous Peoples, FIDH member Observatorio Ciudadano explains to @aimeegabay.bsky.social.

news.mongabay.com/2025/09/lith...

FIDH stands with @healthyenvcoe.bsky.social's appeal!

The ICJ opinion was crystal clear: the right to a healthy environment is a prerequisite for the enjoyment of all other human rights.

We urge @coe.int Member States to support an additional protocol to the European Convention!

The EU plans to dismantle corporate sustainability & due diligence rules under the cover of "simplification".

FIDH & its partners condemn deregulation that threatens the rights of affected communities, trade unions, human rights defenders & civil society.

www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

📅 What are the human rights implications of nature conservation initiatives for communities in #Kenya?

Join @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH to discuss practical ways to strengthen justice, accountability & sustainable land governance that respect human rights!

Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...

Pluspetrol failed to respect Indigenous rights and environment in Peru - SOMO Oil company Pluspetrol was found to have breached the OECD standards on human rights and the environment in Peru. Read more.

At FIDH, we recognise this collective effort as a victory for the Indigenous Peoples & the allied organisations that supported their struggle.

Pluspetrol must take responsibility for clean-up & full reparation of the damage!

Read the coalition's press release:
www.somo.nl/pluspetrol-f...

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In 2020, the Indigenous federations FEDIQUEP, FECONACOR, OPIKAFPE & ACODECOSPAT – with support from FIDH member organisation Perú Equidad, @somoamsterdam.bsky.social and @oxfamnovib.bsky.social – brought the case before the OECD in the Netherlands, representing 100+ communities.

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