Library


This library is a collection of analyses, policy, and other materials on topics related to environmental defenders.

There are 30 resources in the library.

Rise & Resist: Women Leading Environmental and Human Rights Defense in Asia and the Pacific

2026 | Asia Pacific Network of Environmental Defenders

Rise & Resist: Women Leading Environmental and Human Rights Defense in Asia and the Pacific shares the inspiring stories of ten women defenders from eight…


Indigenous Lawyering Practices in Brazil

2026 | Instituto Pro Bono

This publication brings together articles written by Indigenous attorneys who, over the course of four years, participated in an Instituto Pro Bono Brazil initiative to…


Navigating a global crossroads: Human rights defenders and business in 2025

2026 | Business and Human Rights Centre

In 2025, the Business and Human Rights Centre documented nearly 800 (790) attacks on defenders raising concerns about business. This is more than two attacks…


Land Rights, Impunity, and the Fight to Protect Brazil's Environmental and Land Defenders

2026 | People Places Planet

Environmental and land defenders in Brazil face some of the highest rates of violence in the world, yet most attacks are never investigated, and fewer…


Human Rights Defenders and Digital Space

2026
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders

On 31 March 2026, the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders published a scoping paper examining how social media platforms contribute, intentionally or otherwise, to…