Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights Inc

27/03/2026

🌊🌱Earth Hour!
Switch Off. Shine On 🌍✨🕯️
Saturday March 28, 8:30–9:30 PM

Earth Hour 🌏🕯️ | Kikori to the World

March 28 marks Earth Hour—a global moment where people switch off lights to reflect on our collective responsibility to protect the planet and take action on climate change.

In Kikori, Earth Hour is not just about turning off lights—it’s about communities already living with the realities of climate change.

In Veraibari village, rising seas and stronger storm surges have already destroyed homes, displaced families, and forced repeated relocation—one of many stories across the Gulf of Papua.

Through the Piku Biodiversity Network, and in collaboration with partners like CELCOR, Blue Ocean Law, and the Veraibari Village Community Projects Development Committee, these lived experiences have been carried to global spaces—including the ICJ climate advisory process.

This Earth Hour, we stand with our communities who continue to adapt, lead, and fight for their future.

From Kikori, we call for action—because for us, the hour is already here.

27/03/2026

Miss Jewels Mopafi, Policy Lawyer, attended PNGRGC Council Meeting #1/2026 representing CELCOR.

She joined fellow Council members, reaffirming CELCOR’s commitment to strengthening transparency, accountability, and inclusive governance in Papua New Guinea’s extractive sector.

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𝗣𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗚𝗖 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 #𝟭/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
Wednesday, 25 March 2026

PNGRGC convened its first Council Meeting of the year, bringing together Council members and Secretariat staff.

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
Transparency International PNG (TI PNG)
Institute of National Affairs (INA)
Consultative Implementation & Monitoring Council (CIMC)
Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights Inc (CELCOR)

The meeting covered key governance, operational, and program matters to guide PNGRGC’s work for 2026, including planning, reporting, and stakeholder engagement priorities. Membership applications were also reviewed as part of Council oversight.

A key highlight was the Validation process, with focused discussions on progress, and the importance of coordinated engagement as Papua New Guinea moves through validation.

The Council reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening transparency, accountability, and inclusive governance in the extractive sector.

27/03/2026

CELCOR wishes to express its deep concern over the incident involving Andrie Yunus, a dedicated human rights defender in Indonesia and deputy coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS). On March 12th, Andrie was attacked when two unidentified individuals on a motorcycle hurled a harmful chemical liquid at him, resulting in burns covering 20 percent of his body.

Andrie plays a vital role as an advocate for environmental justice, serving as a public interest lawyer with WALHI / Friends of the Earth Indonesia. He has tirelessly provided legal support to communities facing criminalization and violence in their defense of environmental rights and territories.

This attack highlights an increasing challenge faced by human rights and environmental defenders in Indonesia. CELCOR stands in steadfast solidarity with all rights defenders in Indonesia and encourages the international community to strongly denounce this regrettable act.

We firmly condemn the attack against Andrie Yunus and extend our full support to him and all defenders of people’s rights in Indonesia.

Learn more 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e7869aNt

24/03/2026

04/03/2026

Final tribute from the Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights Inc to Late Murray Harold Maroroa. 🕊

18/02/2026

📣NOW HIRING❗️

Protect PNG’s environment and defend community rights, join CELCOR as a;

1. Lawyer

2. Community Legal Education and Awareness Raising Officer

See details on the flyer!

11/02/2026

‼️BREAKING!!!! 29 banks now rule out financing Papua LNG!!

More banks have distanced themselves from the project. This follows 6 organizations filing a landmark complaint that it appears to breach 6 of the 10 Equator Principles – a key financial risk framework.

And who is this cutie in the photo you ask? Meet the Gray Dorcopsis – one of 27 threatened species in the Papua LNG project area of influence. These are species ALREADY at high or extreme risk of extinction in the wild.

Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/5e2dajv5

Photo credit: Micha Baum, some rights reserved
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

17/12/2025

📣🌍 Pacific Voices on Climate Change

From November 12 – December 3, 2025, the Pacific Voices for Climate Change Fellowship brought together 15 climate advocates from seven Pacific countries for an intensive program across Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra.

Delivered by the (DTP) in partnership with , and funded through DFAT’s Australia Awards Fellowships Program, the initiative created vital opportunities for knowledge exchange, capacity building, and regional leadership.

Representing CELCOR, Advocacy Officer Catherine Geluwa participated in the program, engaging with academics, climate experts, parliamentarians, government officials, civil society organisations, NGOs, and diaspora communities in Australia. These dialogues strengthened regional leadership and amplified Pacific perspectives on the climate crisis, ensuring that Papua New Guinea’s voice was heard alongside others from across the Pacific.

The Fellowship concluded with a Closing Reception at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sydney hosted by DTP Chair Michael do Rozario, with Australia’s Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon Matt Thistlethwaite MP, as special guest speaker.

Reflecting on the program, Catherine highlighted the importance of solidarity and representation:

“This Fellowship was not just about sharing our challenges, but about building networks and ensuring Pacific voices are heard in shaping climate policy at COP31 and beyond.”

About Australian Awards Fellowship: 🔗https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1169823721998057&set=a.113476910966082&type=3&mibextid=wwXIfr
DTP e-news : 🔗https://dtp.org.au/civicrm/mailing/view/?id=1195

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15/12/2025

📢To our valued clients, partners and friends! 🎄🎅🔔🎁

11/12/2025

📣‼️CELCOR Joins 5 other organizations from Australia, Japan and Europe who have just lodged the first formal public complaint with the Equator Principles.

The complaint is against the MUFG Bank, financial advisory to the Papua LNG project. The complainants are calling on an investigation for the Equator Principles to investigate urgent concerns of potential climate, biodiversity and human rights impacts of the proposed Papua LNG project.

Learn more about the complaint: 🔗 https://www.celcor.org/ngos-submit-first-formal-equator-principles-complaint-against/

06/12/2025

CELCOR’s Policy lawyer and legal interns joined the PNG Resource Governance Coalition Subnational Awareness Workshop. Strengthening voices for justice, transparency, and sustainable resource management.

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