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The document is a formal appeal to JPMorgan Chase shareholders to vote in favor of a resolution that would stop the bank from financing fossil fuel expansion. The signatories argue that continuing to fund new oil, gas, and coal infrastructure is inconsistent with the global scientific consensus required to limit warming to 1.5°C and contributes to environmental injustice and economic risk.

The document argues that the Loss and Damage Fund must be grounded in human rights to effectively protect marginalized communities and provide substantive redress. It recommends a governance structure with representative board membership, the use of rights-based needs assessments, and the implementation of strict social and environmental safeguards. To ensure adequacy and equity, the authors advocate for public, grants-based funding derived from historic polluters and innovative sources like a Climate Damages Tax, rather than loans that increase debt in the Global South.

The Middle East experienced a significant decline in battle-related deaths in 2022, primarily due to de-escalation in Syria and Yemen. While state-based conflicts remain the deadliest and most common, non-state conflicts proliferated in the 2010s before declining. One-sided violence increased in Iran in 2022 following protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

The report evaluates how Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka integrate human rights and gender equality into disaster management. Using the FIRE framework, it finds that while national policies often recognize these rights, implementation at local levels is uneven and frequently lacking. Key barriers include restrictive social norms, lack of disaggregated data, and under-resourced institutions. The authors provide ten recommendations to improve inclusivity, emphasizing the need for meaningful participation of marginalized groups and stronger collaboration between disaster management agencies and human rights institutions.

The document analyzes how media coverage of migration often relies on biased, superficial narratives that 'other' migrants or frame them as security threats. It advocates for a rights-based approach to communication, highlighting the role of digital technologies in supporting migrants while warning against corporate digital monopolies. Through case studies in Asia-Pacific, Nigeria, West Papua, and the Dominican Republic, it demonstrates the barriers migrants face in exercising their communication rights and provides specific ethical recommendations for journalists to foster more inclusive and accurate reporting.

CIEL supports the OHCHR report on climate change's impact on vulnerable populations, arguing that States must regulate fossil fuel corporations and their financiers to address the root causes of the crisis. The statement emphasizes the need for an urgent transition from fossil fuels, increased grants-based climate finance, and the protection of environmental defenders.

The report evaluates grievance mechanisms across various carbon market standards and funds, using UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as a benchmark. It finds that most voluntary carbon market (VCM) standards have opaque or insufficient mechanisms, while the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Gold Standard provide more robust models. The authors recommend that the Article 6.4 mechanism prioritize accessibility, transparency through public repositories, independence, and the ability to provide binding remedies, including the power to overturn Supervisory Body decisions.

CIEL supports the Special Rapporteur's findings that the triple planetary crisis disproportionately affects women and girls due to intersecting structural inequalities. The statement argues that protecting these rights requires States to rapidly phase out fossil fuel extraction, consumption, and trade, and to implement moratoriums on new petrochemical facilities. It specifically highlights the health risks of microplastics for women and calls for a human rights-based approach in the negotiations of a plastics treaty.

The Independent Redress Mechanism (IRM) report details the processing of four specific project complaints (FP039, FP121, FP146, and FP001) and the implementation of its 2022-2023 work plan. Key operational activities included the development of a Gender Strategy Note, the creation of an educational board game called "road to redress," and the provision of mediation training for Direct Access Entities (DAEs). Financially, the IRM spent USD 1.34 million of its USD 1.65 million approved 2022 budget, representing an 81% utilisation rate.

The document argues that development finance institutions (DFIs) often cause harm to communities and must strengthen Independent Accountability Mechanisms (IAMs) to provide effective remedy. It calls for DFIs without IAMs to create them through public consultation, urges DFI networks to mandate these mechanisms for membership, and asserts that States must facilitate access to remedy for DFI-funded projects.

The document contends that the 'circular economy' concept has been co-opted by the plastics industry to justify continued production through a reliance on recycling and thermal processing. It argues that plastics are fundamentally linear due to their fossil fuel origins, toxic additives, and material degradation during recycling. The brief advocates for a global agreement that caps plastics production by 2025, eliminates hazardous chemicals, and prioritizes reuse and redesign over waste management.

The authors argue that the IFC's accountability mechanism is structurally flawed and that the Management Action Plan is irrelevant to affected communities because it focuses on internal procedural improvements rather than remediating concrete environmental and social damages. They highlight ongoing ecological crises, such as the Maipo River failing to reach the sea in January 2023, and criticize the IFC's 'irresponsible' exit from the project in 2018, which they claim was used to evade responsibility for damages and reprisals against complainants.

ClientEarth proposes that REACH reform should introduce a clear objective to eliminate the most harmful chemicals, specifically suggesting a 2030 target for consumer products to be free of such substances. The document argues that current REACH processes lack a guiding goal for restrictions, creating a gap in implementation and predictability for investors. It further asserts that preventing toxic exposure is a legally binding human rights obligation and calls for a new regulatory mechanism to discourage the registration of new harmful substances.

The report asserts that access to healthy and sustainable food is a fundamental human right embedded within the right to a healthy environment. It highlights that while food availability in the EU is currently stable, intensive agri-food models, biodiversity loss, and climate change threaten future food security. The authors argue that the EU has a legal responsibility to protect this right through its legislative frameworks, specifically recommending that the proposed Legislative Framework for Sustainable Food Systems (FSFS) adopt a rights-based approach, phase out harmful subsidies, and ensure public procurement of sustainable food.

The Stakeholder Toolkit is a directory of resources for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPs and LCs). It categorizes tools into training for international climate conferences (such as COP27), data-sharing and monitoring software (like Forest Watcher and Mapeo), and guides for companies and subnational governments to respect land and forest tenure rights. It also lists key global alliances and organizations, such as the Rights and Resources Initiative and the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities, that support the rights of forest communities and the protection of nature.

The document examines the 'politics of lockdown' in Norway, France, and the UK, arguing that the imposition of civic duties was an iterative process of negotiation rather than a simple application of law. While Norway and the UK primarily used existing legislation to enforce restrictions, France utilized a state-of-exception framework. The authors find that compliance relied on 'greater good' arguments and social trust, and that over time, governments shifted from universal mandates to disaggregated, regional, or group-specific duties to maintain public cooperation.

The document examines how inadequate waste management and unplanned urban growth in Bharatpur, Nepal, exacerbate biological hazards and disproportionately affect marginalized groups. It proposes the Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE) to improve policy coherence across urban planning, public health, and disaster risk reduction.

The report analyzes 2022 Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), finding that while there are high-level references to the 'Leave No One Behind' principle and some improvement in human rights reporting, there is a persistent silence regarding attacks on human rights defenders and environmentalists. It also notes a shift toward technical working groups over high-level interaction with non-state actors and ongoing gaps in data availability for national plans.

The document outlines a human rights-based framework for the loss and damage fund, emphasizing the need for inclusive public participation, non-discriminatory access to finance, and the use of grants rather than loans to avoid increasing debt in developing nations. It proposes that funding be based on the 'polluter pays' principle and that the fund provide comprehensive reparations, including restitution and compensation, while ensuring strong social and environmental safeguards.

The document outlines a human rights-based framework for the Loss and Damage Fund, emphasizing the need for inclusive governance, grants-based funding from historic polluters, and the provision of substantive redress for marginalized communities.