Library


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

There are 17 resources in the library.

Hidden Iceberg report reveals scale of non-lethal attacks against defenders

2026 | Business and Human Rights Centre

The Hidden Iceberg report documents non-lethal attacks faced by Indigenous, land, and environmental defenders around the world. Using new data from the ALLIED coalition across…


Environmental Defenders: The Path to Accountability in Colombia

2025 | Vibrant Environment Blog
Natalie Triana

This blog summarizes a Spanish-language People, Places, Planet podcast episode examining the risks faced by environmental defenders in Colombia. It also discusses ELI and its…


Environmental defenders: towards accountability in Colombia

2025 | People, Places, Planet Podcast

In this episode, the host of People, Places, Planet, Sebastian Duque Ríos talks with Kristine Perry (Environmental Law Institute) and Luis Felipe Guzmán Jiménez (Universidad…


How states use criminalisation to target land and environmental defenders

2025 | Global Witness
Molly Robson, Evie Calder

This blog examines how governments around the world are increasingly using new and existing laws to criminalize land and environmental defenders, particularly those engaged in…


Third Report: Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas

2025 | IACHR

This report provides up-to-date information about progress made and pending challenges to protect the rights of human rights defenders, building on the observations the IACHR…