Coalition for Human Rights in Development

16/12/2025

🌬️💚 ¿Transición energética para quién?

Desde la Cumbre de los Pueblos en la COP30, en Belém, conversamos con Alejandra, de la Coordinadora Feministas de la Patagonia Rebelde, sobre el ultradesarrollo del hidrógeno “verde” en la Patagonia chilena.

En Magallanes se proyectan megaproyectos que prometen progreso y descarbonización, pero que ya están profundizando impactos diferenciados de género: aumento de la brecha laboral, más violencia de género, masculinización del territorio y sobrecarga de los trabajos de cuidado en una región donde estas desigualdades ya son alarmantes.

📢 Como señala Alejandra, una transición realmente justa significa tomar decisiones en conjunto, de forma democrática y con un enfoque en las necesidades del territorio.

💚 Energy transition for whom?

From the People’s Summit at COP30 in Belém, we spoke with Alejandra from Feministas Patagonia Rebelde about the ultra-development of so-called “green” hydrogen in Chilean Patagonia.

In Magallanes, megaprojects are being promoted as paths to progress and decarbonization, yet they are already deepening gender-differentiated impacts: widening labor gender gaps, increased gender-based violence, masculinization of the territory, and an even greater burden of care work in a region where these inequalities are already alarming.

📢 As Alejandra points out, a truly just transition means making decisions collectively, in a democratic way, and with a focus on the needs of the territory.

15/12/2025

Congratulations dear Sor, co-founder & executive coordinator of Community Resource Centre Foundation - มูลนิธิศูนย์ข้อมูลชุมชน!

Sor was awarded the 2025 Human Rights and Rule of Law Award, for her extraordinary dedication to advancing justice, protecting human rights, and upholding the rule of law across the -Pacific region. Her tireless work supporting communities affected by land rights, natural resources, and environmental issues stands as an inspiring example of courage and leadership.

👏Please join us in congratulating her on this well-deserved honour.✨

🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT | LAWASIA Human Rights & Rule of Law Award 2025 🏆

LAWASIA is delighted to announce that the LAWASIA Human Rights & Rule of Law Award 2025 has been awarded to Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla, Co-Founder, Executive Coordinator and Senior Lawyer at the Community Resource Centre Foundation (CRC), Thailand Community Resource Centre Foundation - มูลนิธิศูนย์ข้อมูลชุมชน

Sor.Rattanamanee Polkla has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to advancing justice, protecting human rights, and upholding the rule of law across the Asia-Pacific region. Her tireless work supporting communities affected by land rights, natural resources, and environmental issues stands as an inspiring example of courage and leadership.

This award recognises an individual legal practitioner who has made an outstanding personal contribution to the administration of justice, the protection of human rights, and the maintenance of the rule of law — and Sor.Rattanamanee embodies these values with distinction.

👏Please join us in congratulating her on this well-deserved honour.✨

11/12/2025

📣Ayer fue el Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos y queremos destacar esta entrevista a la lideresa indígena Dina Juc de realizada en Belém durante la .

Dina subraya la urgencia de ratificar el y de adoptar medidas reales para proteger a quienes defienden los derechos humanos y el medio ambiente, luchas que son lideradas por pueblos indígenas y comunidades tradicionales en todo el mundo.

En Guatemala, defensorxs de la tierra continúan siendo y ha llegado a la COP en Brasil para exigir la liberación de Luis Pacheco, Héctor Chaclán, el periodista Rubén Zamora, abogado Eduardo Maysa y muchos más.

📣Yesterday was International Human Rights Day, and we want to highlight this interview with indigenous Guatemalan leader Dina Juc, recorded in Belém during .

Dina emphasizes the urgent need to ratify the in Latin America and to adopt concrete measures to protect human rights and environmental defenders, struggles led by Indigenous peoples and traditional communities all around the world.

In Guatemala, land defenders continue to be criminalized, and they have come to the COP in Brazil to demand the release of Luis Pacheco, Héctor Chaclán, journalist Rubén Zamora, lawyer Eduardo Maysa, and many others.

08/12/2025

From the banks of the Piramanha River in Belém do Pará during , Aryampa carries with him the struggle of communities resisting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Uganda. He reflects on the shared fights of communities across Africa and Latin America resisting corporate control of land and extractive industries.

“We need to see the just energy transition not only as reducing carbon emissions, but as dismantling the system that harms us. A just transition is one where communities and workers are not sacrificed, and where projects are built around the needs of the people.”

Desde la orilla del río Piramanha, en do Pará durante la COP30, Aryampa trae consigo la lucha de las comunidades que resisten el Oleoducto de Crudo de África Oriental en Uganda. Reflexiona sobre las luchas compartidas entre comunidades de África y América Latina frente al control corporativo de la tierra y las industrias extractivas.

“Necesitamos entender la transición energética justa no solo como la reducción de emisiones de carbono, sino como el desmantelamiento del sistema que nos daña. Una transición justa es aquella donde no se sacrifica a las comunidades ni a las personas trabajadoras, y donde los proyectos se construyen a partir de las necesidades de los pueblos.”

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29/11/2025

Desde la Cumbre de los Pueblos de la en Belém, Antonio Sánchez, integrante de la Asamblea de Pueblos Indígenas del Istmo en Defensa de la Tierra y el Territorio (APIT), comparte cómo los pueblos Ayuukjä’äy (zapoteco) y Chontal siguen organizándose frente al avance de megaproyectos neoliberales y colonizadores que buscan despojar a las comunidades de sus territorios.

En el Istmo, la imposición de proyectos energéticos, extractivos y de turismo masivo como el Corredor Interoceánico se suma a una violencia sistemática que amenaza la vida comunitaria.

Ante este escenario, la APIT se sumó a la Caravana Mesoamericana por la Vida y el Cambio Climático. La caravana salió el 12 de octubre desde Guatemala y recorrió El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Colombia y Brasil, articulando luchas que comparten raíces y resistencias frente al modelo extractivista.

25/11/2025

“Lithium Mine” is a poem by Leonard Mabasa from Buhera Residents Network Trust, written as the meets in Africa for the first time.

His words speak from the ground in Buhera, where the Chinese-funded Sabi Star project has brought fear of land loss, environmental harm, and cultural dislocation. These realities are shared by mining-affected communities across the continent.

Leonard’s voice appears in our new report released ahead of the G20, which centers community experiences in and the and reveals how today’s critical-minerals agenda is deepening inequalities instead of delivering a just energy transition.

📘 Read the report: LINK IN BIO - https://rightsindevelopment.org/news/grounded-transitions/

15/11/2025

Hoy nos unimos entre 70.000 personas a la manifestación contra la COP que no ha hecho más que replicar un año más la lógica extractivista y vertical que prioriza los intereses económicos y ganancias del sector privado.

Exigimos que los financiadores y tomadores de decisiones reconozcan a las comunidades como actores clave en el desarrollo, con las mujeres y los pueblos indigenas a la vanguardia.

Exigimos que sitúen sus conocimientos y prioridades en el centro de las políticas energéticas mundiales.

12/11/2025

Hoy estuvimos en la inauguración de la Cumbre de los Pueblos en Belém.

Observamos, conversamos, bailamos y aprendimos de los pueblos originarios y comunidades que luchan por el derecho a una vida sana y segura, por el derecho a preservar sus culturas y por el derecho a decir no a proyectos destructivos, con un compromiso profundo con la vida y la Madre tierra 🌎

27/10/2025

What powerful struggles are our members and partners around the world leading to resist harmful projects, protect human rights, and challenge the current development model?

Check out our October to read updates from our members and partners in Africa, Asia & Latin America, their collective campaigns and inspiring stories, our curated list of new reports/articles, a calendar with key upcoming events, and plenty of useful resources!

bit.ly/CHRDnewsletterOct25 (LINK IN BIO)

27/10/2025

What powerful struggles are our members and partners around the world leading to resist harmful projects, protect human rights, and challenge the current development model?

Check out our October to read updates from our members and partners in Africa, Asia & Latin America, their collective campaigns and inspiring stories, our curated list of new reports/articles, a calendar with key upcoming events, and plenty of useful resources!

https://bit.ly/CHRDnewsletterOct25

16/09/2025

“Ustedes pueden cuantificar la inversión de dólares, pero yo no puedo cuantificar el dolor y frustración que sentimos de ver que el futuro se nos está arrebatando.”

Claudia Susana Quintero Sandoval de la comunidad indígena Mayo Yoreme (Ohuira, México) e integrante del Colectivo “Aquí No” nos cuenta la lucha de su comunidad contra una planta de amoníaco que pone en riesgo la vida de las personas y todo el de la zona.

Lean nuestro nuevo informe “KfW: Irresponsible Banking” donde elaboraos sobre este caso y otros proyectos de muerte en y que están siendo financiados por el banco alemán de desarrollo: rightsindevelopment.org/kfw-irresponsible-banking/ (LINK IN BIO)

“You can quantify the investment in dollars, but I cannot quantify the pain and frustration we feel at seeing our future being taken away from us.”

Claudia Susana Quintero Sandoval from the Mayo Yoreme indigenous community (Ohuira, ) and member of the “Aquí No” Collective tells us about her community’s struggle against an ammonia plant that is putting people’s lives and the entire ecosystem in the area at risk.

Read our new report “KfW: Irresponsible Banking” where we elaborate on this case and other deadly projects in Indonesia and Tanzania that are being financed by the German development bank: rightsindevelopment.org/kfw-irresponsible-banking/ (LINK IN BIO)