Environmental Human Rights: News & Updates

Deadline to Apply:
May 1st, 2024
(late applications accepted until delegation is full)

This delegation will  focus on US-backed militarism in Honduras and its negative impact on communities struggling against the climate crisis by contextualizing the root causes of climate migration. Delegates will learn directly from frontline communities and organizations centering the experiences of Indigenous and campesino people who are witnesses and victims of hyper-militarism and who are at risk of being displaced because of climate aggravation. This delegation intends to spread awareness of how militarism exacerbates the climate crisiss which harms the living conditions of Indigenous and campesino communities. Climate and anti-war activists are strongly encouraged to apply, as well as students interested in global human rights and climate migration.

For more information: https://cpt.org/delegations/colombia

The mining and farming communities of Northeast Antioquia fear a new escalation of violence by different armed groups in their territory. The lack of implementation of the peace agreements signed between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -FARC- in 2016 has created an environment where there is no guarantee for establishing a comprehensive and lasting peace. Faced with the panorama of abandonment, the communities that walk in resistance accompanied by the Corporation for Humanitarian Action and Peaceful Coexistence of Northeast Antioquia – CAHUCOPANA, weave alternatives to war and build paths to move towards peace with social justice.

In this delegation, you will share with communities and grassroots organizations that resist violence and oppression, building peace day by day. You will hear directly about their commitment to a dignified life based on respect for Human Rights, and you will discover how you can be part of the change. (You will also learn how to sleep in a hammock and keep mosquitoes away). It will be a transformative learning experience.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqc-CvqzkoGtE2ywFFqZQPCO2WHkN...

On Wednesday April 10th, a judge in San Salvador will rule whether five community leaders and water defenders, members of the community of Santa Marta and the ADES Association in Cabañas, El Salvador, should be acquitted or stand trial for an alleged crime that took place 34 year ago in the context of the Salvadorean civil war.Since their detention, in January 2023, hundreds of international organizations and high profile supporters have denounced that their detention is politically motivated given the lack of evidence presented by the Attorney General's office to warrant the charges, the massive violation of legal rights and due process under the current “state of exception” imposed by President Nayib Bukele to combat gangs, and the intention of the Salvadorean government to revert the prohibition on metal mining for which the Water Defenders gained international notoriety in 2017.Please join us for a conversation with the members of the legal defense team, ADES and representtive of international organizations for an update on the case and to discuss the implications of this case in the wider fight for justice and the defense of Human Rights in El Salvador.