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Writer's pictureManushya Foundation
Nov 8, 2023

šŸŒ Guardians of the Earth: our commitment to Climate & Environmental Defenders šŸŒæ





From September 19th-20th, Manushya Foundation and community partners, the Phichit Villagers and Sab Wai Villagers, have actively engaged in two significant UN dialogues on the rights of Environmental Human Right Defenders in order to highlight the importance of putting people over profit, while providing real life examples of the consequences when governments, investors and institutions fail to do so.











To learn more about how Thailandā€™s ā€œfalseā€ climate policies are harming Thailandā€™s forest communities, explore Devexā€™s latest article ā€˜Thailandā€™s forest communities fall victim to countryā€™s climate promisesā€™ which builds upon insights from Manushyaā€™s 2023 Report ā€˜Just Transition, Extractive Sector and Human Rights in Thailandā€™.











Every October, the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on transnational corporations (OEIGWG) convenes in Geneva, bringing together states, civil society organizations, and passionate advocates. Their mission: to confront a pressing issue, the imperative need for a Binding Treaty that addresses human rights violations committed by corporations on a global scale. For nine consecutive years, a coalition of feminists ā€˜The Feminists for a Binding Treatyā€™ #F4BT, of which Manushya is an integral part, have actively participated in these negotiations, all with a singular aim ā€” to infuse a feminist perspective into the binding treaty.




Manushya Foundation stands in solidarity with the Palestinian People, for their liberation from Israel's apartheid and illegal occupation. As we are a member of ESCR-net, we encourage you to watch and read the powerful intervention delivered by Wesam Ahmad, the Director of Al-Haq Palestine, Palestinian Center for Applied International Law, on 24 October 2023, during the 9th session of the Binding Treaty negotiations (October 23rd-27th).









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