The violent erasure of land and environmental defenders

Join us for a discussion with Vicky Bowman on Myanmar’s economy after the coup and ongoing issues with sourcing goods from the country, and the challenges facing Myanmar’s federal economic future.

Across the world, environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) have been catalysing actions to safeguard a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Their work has been crucial to the protection and respect of their human rights, the rights of their communities, and, ultimately, of all people. Their work also plays a major role in protecting the planet’s flora, fauna, and ecosystems.

GENEVA I 15-16 JANUARY 2025. The World Congress is co-organized by CEDI, the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), the United Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).