<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Manja Bayang</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:manjabayang@gmail.com">manjabayang@gmail.com</a>></span><br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" vlink="#954F72" link="#0563C1" lang="EN-US"><div><div>
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<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Sharing </span> the launch of <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">BHRRC's</span> annual analysis of
attacks against human rights defenders (HRDs) raising
concerns about harmful business practices. <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">The</span> analysis
shows that </span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white" lang="EN-GB">environmental, land rights, climate and
labour rights defenders – the very people on the
frontlines of driving a just transition – are under
sustained attack related to their human rights and
environmental protection work.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://bit.ly/3DFnpiL" target="_blank">“Human
rights defenders and business in 2021: Protecting the
rights of people driving a just transition”</a></span><span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://bit.ly/3uaXkVq" target="_blank">Investor
briefing - “Protecting people & the planet in 2021:
Why investors should better support defenders driving
the just transition to green economies”</a>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li>
</ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Key
takeaways include:<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">In
2021, we recorded
<b>615 </b>such attacks worldwide - with 70% taking
place against climate, land and environmental rights
defenders.</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></span></li>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">In
2021, the top five most dangerous sectors for HRDs were
all related to
<b>natural resources</b>.</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></span></li>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The
<b>mining sector</b> has consistently been the most
dangerous sector for HRDs for the past seven years,
followed by agribusiness.
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Attacks
against HRDs take place in
<b>every region</b> of the world, with Latin America and
Asia and the Pacific being the most dangerous regions
for defenders since we began tracking in 2015.
</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></span></li>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">In
2021, the
<b>highest numbers of attacks</b> occurred in India
(49), Mexico (47) and the Philippines (44).</span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><u></u><u></u></span></span></li>
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<span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Indigenous
peoples face a disproportionately high level of attacks.
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#152234"> Although
Indigenous peoples comprise approximately 5% of the
world’s population, </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">18%</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> of
attacks globally in 2021 were against Indigenous HRDs. The
percentage is much higher in some regions, such as Latin
America, where two in five attacks were against Indigenous
defenders. In <b>Brazil</b>, it was <b>nearly half. </b></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><u></u><u></u></span></span></li>
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<span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white" lang="EN-GB">Judicial harassment</span></b></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white" lang="EN-GB"> was the most common type of attack against
HRDs in 2021, demonstrating how businesses and states
are increasingly abusing the judicial system to try to
intimidate HRDs into silence. Judicial harassment
constituted
<b>60%</b> of attacks against HRDs in 2021, compared
with just 30% in 2015. </span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white"><u></u><u></u></span></span></li>
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<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">These
figures point to a concerning lack of understanding by the
business community of the crucial role HRDs play in
driving the just transition and a failure to conduct
robust environmental and human rights due diligence.
Numerous companies and investors have made public
commitments to climate action, yet have failed to conduct
meaningful engagement with HRDs and their communities,
including Indigenous peoples, prior to launching
operations on their lands.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The
analysis is available in
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://bit.ly/3DFnpiL" target="_blank">English</a><span style="color:black;background:white">,
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3KaBV4z" target="_blank">Spanish</a><span style="color:black;background:white">,
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3J8Zw4j" target="_blank">Portuguese</a><span style="color:black;background:white">, and
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/3x8IMI9" target="_blank">French</a><span style="color:black;background:white"> and the investor
briefing is available in
<a href="https://bit.ly/3uaXkVq" target="_blank">English</a>,
<a href="https://bit.ly/3DFYZWa" target="_blank">Spanish</a>,
<a href="https://bit.ly/3x5wyQh" target="_blank">Portuguese</a>,
<a href="https://bit.ly/36WE0T5" target="_blank">
French</a> and <a href="https://bit.ly/3Ke0zkD" target="_blank">Russian</a>. </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-AU"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">You can help spread the report..</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sample
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Human
rights defenders are vital leaders of a #JustTransition to
green economies. @BHRRC recorded 615 attacks against #HRDs
raising concerns about business in 2021. 70% were against
climate, land & environmental rights defenders. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Read the
report:
<a href="https://bit.ly/3r3k7AS" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3r3k7AS</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">New figures
from @BHRRC lay bare the severe risks faced by human rights
defenders on the front lines of the climate crisis. Without
respect for the rights of defenders, global efforts to
ensure a #JustTransition risk being derailed </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">👉</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a href="https://bit.ly/3r3k7AS" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3r3k7AS</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="ES">El
@BHRRC documentó 615 ataques contra defensorxs que
plantearon denuncias sobre abusos de derechos humanos
relacionados con empresas en 2021. Casi el 70% fueron contra
defensorxs del clima, la tierra y los derechos ambientales.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="ES">Lee
su análisis
</span><span lang="EN-GB">👉</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://bit.ly/3uSf3jQ" target="_blank"><span lang="ES">https://bit.ly/3uSf3jQ</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif" lang="es-419"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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