{"id":23864,"date":"2021-10-01T11:56:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T08:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/?p=23864"},"modified":"2021-10-01T13:24:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T10:24:25","slug":"fidh-is-launching-a-global-campaign-seeyouincourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/fidh-is-launching-a-global-campaign-seeyouincourt\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDH is launching a global campaign #SeeYouInCourt"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIDH is launching a global campaign called #SeeYouInCourt<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 a litigation initiative that goes after corporations that harm the environment, fuel the climate crisis<\/strong>, and violate human rights.<\/p>\n

Until now, these companies have benefitted from impunity<\/strong>. FIDH, its member organisations and affected communities are seeking to tip the balance of power and hold them to account<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

FIDH pushes for the right to a healthy environment to be recognised as a “new” human right in and of itself.<\/p>\n

Legal Actions:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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#SeeYouInCourt<\/em> brings together a series of pilot cases<\/strong> already underway and marks the starting point for new legal actions.<\/p>\n

Cases already underway \ud83d\udc47\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ecuador: Indigenous community sues Chinese oil company for climate change impact<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Chile: French water multinational sued for health crisis<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Colombia: La Guajira communities launch appeal against multinationals<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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Actions filed today:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chile<\/strong>\ud83d\udccd<\/p>\n

The Observatorio Ciudadano, FIDH’s Chilean organisation, files a “protective” action<\/u><\/a> to counter the environmental and climate impacts of coal-fired power plants (mainly those of AES Gener) in Chile, and the failure of environmental authorities to adequately control their emissions.<\/p>\n

Colombia<\/strong>\ud83d\udccd<\/p>\n

FIDH’s Colombian association, CAJAR, calls for the emergency protection<\/u><\/a> of the Guajira communities, who are gravely threatened by the diversion of the Bruno stream to allow for the expansion of coal mining activities.<\/p>\n

On top of immediate redress for affected communities, FIDH’s campaign seeks to send a strong message to states. It calls them to correct a blind spot in climate and environmental policies: corporate responsibility; and to urgently recognize the right to a healthy, safe, clean and sustainable environment (currently in discussion at the Human Rights Council).<\/p>\n

More on the #SeeYouInCourt<\/em> campaign’s webpage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIDH is launching a global campaign called #SeeYouInCourt \u2013 a litigation initiative that goes after corporations that harm the environment, fuel the climate crisis, and violate human rights. Until now, these companies have benefitted from impunity. FIDH, its member organisations…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[535],"strategy_cases":[],"campaign":[],"archive":[],"filter-content":[],"regions":[],"class_list":["post-23864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-indigenous-peoples"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t