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This fact sheet by Friends of the Earth International argues that large corporations often escape accountability for human rights and environmental abuses due to the lack of binding international rules. It advocates for a new UN Human Rights Treaty to close the gap in international law, contrasting the lack of corporate accountability with the strong legal protections corporations enjoy through free trade and investment agreements.

This community audit documents the socio-environmental impacts of the mining and chemical production activities of Industries Chimiques du Sénégal (ICS) in the communes of Mboro, Darou Khoudoss, and surrounding areas. The report identifies significant violations of human rights, including the right to a healthy environment and the right to health, caused by atmospheric, soil, and water pollution, as well as land dispossession and inadequate compensation for displaced populations.

This August 2016 discussion paper by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Natural Justice proposes a set of draft conservation standards to protect the human rights of indigenous peoples. The authors argue that while international law provides a broad framework, there is a lack of practical, rights-based guidance for conservation actors, leading to documented cases of evictions and abuses in the name of biodiversity protection.

This briefing, compiled by the Human Rights in Biodiversity working group, provides guidance on integrating a human rights-based approach (HRBA) into the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). It argues that an HRBA is a necessary condition for equitable and sustained biodiversity conservation and offers specific recommendations to strengthen the GBF's draft text, including explicit references to international human rights law, the protection of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs), and the empowerment of women and youth.

This report by Natural Justice and Kalpavriksh analyzes the legal and institutional frameworks affecting Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ conserved territories and areas (ICCAs). It identifies systemic threats to these areas, including a lack of legal recognition for customary land rights and the imposition of exclusionary conservation models. While noting positive developments in international law and specific national initiatives, the report argues that state institutions often continue to undermine ICCAs through discriminatory legislation and inaccessible judicial systems. It provides comprehensive recommendations for governments and international bodies to recognize the self-determination of Indigenous peoples and support the integrity of ICCAs through both legal reform and non-legal support mechanisms.

Natural Justice provides a series of recommendations to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to improve its draft policy on Environmental Human Rights Defenders, focusing on increasing the accessibility of reporting channels, reducing bureaucratic delays in response times, and enhancing protections for marginalized groups.

Natural Justice Kenya submitted a series of proposed amendments to the State Department for Wildlife regarding the review of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act No. 47 of 2013. The submission advocates for a human-rights-based approach to conservation, increased public participation, and the formal recognition of community rights and traditional knowledge in the management of wildlife and protected areas.

This report by Natural Justice details trends in threats against environmental defenders in Africa from January 2022 to December 2024, based on data from the African Environmental Defenders Fund. It highlights a high prevalence of non-lethal attacks, particularly in East Africa, driven by extractive industries and government interests, and examines the specific gendered violence faced by women defenders.

A joint statement submitted to the seventeenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues by Natural Justice, Forest Peoples Programme, SwedBio, and the Sengwer Indigenous Peoples Programme, calling for strengthened accountability and redress mechanisms for indigenous peoples facing injustices in the name of conservation.

This report documents a thematic workshop held in February 2020 in Chiang Mai, Thailand, focused on integrating a human rights-based approach into the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Co-convened by several organizations including Natural Justice and UN Environment, the workshop aimed to provide text proposals and strategic options to ensure that biodiversity conservation, sustainable use, and benefit-sharing are aligned with international human rights standards.

This report by the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) examines the failure of South Africa to provide equitable and affordable access to sufficient water, despite constitutional guarantees. It argues that the state has substituted a comprehensive human-rights definition of access with a narrow focus on physical infrastructure, while ignoring affordability and water quality. The report highlights the inadequacy of the Free Basic Water (FBW) policy and the systemic contradiction between municipal financial sustainability and the human right to water.

This briefing from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) outlines a call for events designed to mobilize knowledge from women environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs). The initiative focuses on the intersectional discrimination faced by women EHRDs and seeks to showcase how their empowerment and mobilization can transform power imbalances that drive gender and social inequality, particularly within an Asian context.

This briefing introduces the Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE), a six-dimensional tool designed to help disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate resilience (CR) decision-makers integrate human rights and gender equality into laws, policies, and practices. The document details the application of FIRE within the Building Resilience through Inclusive and Climate-adaptive Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia-Pacific (BRDR) Program, specifically focusing on risk assessments, land-use planning, and emergency preparedness and response.

This fact sheet introduces the Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE), developed by the Building Resilience through Inclusive and Climate-adaptive Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia-Pacific (BRDR) Program. The framework provides a six-dimensional approach to integrate human rights and gender equality into disaster risk reduction (DRR) laws, policies, and practices from national to local levels.

This guidance note provides a framework for grantees of the Strategic Collaborative Fund (SCF2) to integrate human rights and gender equality into the design, implementation, and evaluation of events focused on sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.