CIEL recognizes the growing connection between threats to the global environment and basic human rights. In 1998, we established the Human Rights and Environment (HRE) Program in order to identify and develop connections between international environmental law and human rights law, to integrate the theoretical and advocacy approaches of the two movements, and to promote a more just, equitable and sustainable approach to development and natural resource management. Our activities include providing legal and technical support to indigenous and other local communities, and carrying out collaborative research and skill-sharing to promote and strengthen the development of legal tools to protect both human rights and the environment.

RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

• December 2007: CIEL requests precautionary measures for the protection of Cacataibo indigenous peoples in isolation in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Publication of: Derechos Humanos y Ambiente: Desafios para el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos (November 2007; Jornadas de Derecho Internaional)
  

For more information, pelase contact Marcos Orellana or Lauren Baker.

This page last modified on 9 April 2008.