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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · 13d

HAPPENING TODAY!
Join us & @asfngo.bsky.social for a conversation on how community rights can be effectively protected in the context of conservation in Kenya!

🗣️Experts from @business-humanrights.org, Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenyatta University

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Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · 16d

🌍 En Afrique du Nord, la pauvreté est encore traitée comme un délit. ASF analyse comment la dépénalisation gagne du terrain face à des lois héritées de l’époque coloniale. Vers une justice plus sociale et respectueuse de la dignité ?

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#DroitsHumains

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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · 16d

Conservation is often presented as a model that protects the environment & supports local development.

But in Isiolo, many communities have faced land access restriction, silenced voices & struggles to access remedy.

This Thursday, join us and @asfngo.bsky.social for a critical discussion!

Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · Sep 8

📅 What are the human rights implications of nature conservation initiatives for communities in #Kenya?

Join @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH to discuss practical ways to strengthen justice, accountability & sustainable land governance that respect human rights!

Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...

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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · Sep 8

📅 What are the human rights implications of nature conservation initiatives for communities in #Kenya?

Join @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH to discuss practical ways to strengthen justice, accountability & sustainable land governance that respect human rights!

Register: online.forms.app/avocatssansf...

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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · Aug 25

#Kenya: The promise of conservation projects hides harsh human rights violations & exclusion for Indigenous communities.

Development financial institutions must tie their support to projects to transparency, human rights & the UNGPs.

@asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH report: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

Kenya: Used for tourism and Big Tech’s carbon credit projects, nature conservancies hide human rights abuses against Indigenous people

The Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) organisation has restricted local communities’ land access to operate its nature conservancies – which serve (…)

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Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Aug 21

Across East Africa, civic space is shrinking. ASF supports the training of young lawyers in strategic lititgation, equipping them with skills & mentorship defend fundatemental rights and marginalized communities.

🔗 Article ➡️ asf.be/capacity-bui...
📊 Annual report ➡️ asf.be/publication/...

Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Aug 18

🌍 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 : 𝗗𝗲́𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗶

Chaque page de ce rapport est un hommage à nos collègues, ami·e·s et partenaires qui continuent au quotidien à mettre leur liberté, voire leur vie, en péril pour défendre les droits fondamentaux.

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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · Aug 5

In Kenya, communities living on ancestral land are being sidelined by conservancies — denied their rights, silenced, and left without access to justice.

Land registration is the first step to dignity, autonomy & protection.

📘 Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · Aug 12

Conservation projects in Kenya too often exclude those most affected.

Land is enclosed, profits flow, rights are ignored.

It’s time to make free, prior & informed consent non-negotiable.

Report by @asfngo.bsky.social & FIDH: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · Jul 31

"[FIDH & @asfngo.bsky.social] denounce the violence & pressure suffered by these communities, who are losing their ancestral traditions under the pretext of preserving nature, attracting tourists & compensating for the pollution of large foreign companies."
Full report: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

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Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Jul 30

Nous sommes particulièrement heureux·ses de voir le dernier rapport que nous avons réalisé avec @fidh-official.bsky.social relayé par le journal L'Humanité, qui consacre un article aux graves violations des droits humains liées aux zones de conservation dans le comté d’Isiolo, au Kenya.

Colonialisme vert : au nord du Kenya, la protection de la nature mais sans les droits humains - L'Humanité

Dans une étude publiée mardi 29 juillet, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) et la Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (FIDH) alertent sur la situation des peuples autocht...

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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · Jul 29

#Kenya: Pastoralist communities report being displaced, harassed & denied access to grazing land by conservancies operating under the Northern Rangelands Trust.

Those who speak out face threats, intimidation & lawsuits.

New report by FIDH & @asfngo.bsky.social: www.fidh.org/en/issues/bu...

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Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Jul 30

📊 ASF and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) have released a new report exposing serious and persistent human rights violations linked to the operations of community conservancies in Isiolo County, Kenya.

@fidh-bhr.bsky.social @fidh-official.bsky.social

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Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Jul 9

𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘇-𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹’𝗘𝘅𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 #𝟭𝟳 !

🔗 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘇-𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀 ➡️ lnkd.in/dKThwhjm

📆 𝗝𝗲𝘂𝗱𝗶 𝟭𝟬 𝗷𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁

🕛 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲
𝟭𝟮𝗵 – 𝗚𝗠𝗧+𝟭 (𝗥𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘁, 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶, 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗮, 𝗡𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘆, 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀)
𝟭𝟯𝗵 – 𝗚𝗠𝗧+𝟮 (𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀, 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲)
𝟭𝟰𝗵 – 𝗚𝗠𝗧+𝟯 (𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗮, 𝗡𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶)

📍 𝗘𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲 – 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰̧𝗮𝗶𝘀

📊 𝗟𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 ➡️ lnkd.in/e_zcKuyy

Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Jun 24

Plus de 50.000 Palestinien·ne·s tué·e·s. Un État qui bombarde massivement des civil·e·s. Et pendant ce temps, l'"occident" ferme les yeux - voire attaque celles et ceux qui osent demander justice. Double standard et cynisme insupportables.

Lire notre article complet ➡️ asf.be/la-justice-i...

Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · May 9

Nous condamnons fermement l’attaque délibérée contre un navire humanitaire transportant des biens essentiels.

Nous dénonçons le silence complice et l’inaction des États occidentaux et arabes, qui laissent Israël agir en toute impunité.

🔗 Communiqué conjoint ➡️ asf.be/publication/...

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Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Apr 24

🗣️ Call for project proposals: promoting action against racial discrimination & structural racism.

Open to CSOs & grassroots organisations.

Support available for advocacy, legal aid, research, education & more.

Apply now: asf.be/call-for-pro...

#CallForProposals #AntiRacism #HumanRights

Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Apr 23

En Belgique, la crise du sans-chez-soirisme s'aggrave malgré les promesses politiques.

La réponse apportée par les autorités est répressive et n'apporte aucune solution durable. Elle alimente au contraire un cycle de stigmatisation et d’exclusion sociale.

Le Policy Brief ➡️ asf.be/la-criminali...

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Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Apr 10

ASF publie une étude sur les discours, les pratiques et les représentations des magistrat·e·s du Parquet à Kinshasa.

Les dynamiques analysées contribuent aux crises de la surpopulation carcérale et aux conditions de détention désastreuses dans le pays.

📊 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁 ➡️ asf.be/logigues-de-...

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Valerie Arnould @valarno.bsky.social · Apr 8

@asfngo.bsky.social joins other civil society organisations in calling on the European Union to take decisive action to reaffirm their commitment to the international rule of law and to support the International Criminal Court asf.be/the-european...

The European Union should defend the International Criminal Court

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Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Mar 20

👥 Join us for the ExPEERience Talk #15 starting at 1pm today!

🔗 Link to register ➡️ online.forms.app/avocatssansf...

@fidh-bhr.bsky.social @fidh-official.bsky.social

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Business, Human Rights & Environment @ FIDH @fidh-bhr.bsky.social · Mar 18

🗓️ Happening this week!

The development of oil projects in Uganda is having devastating consequences on local communities.

Join our webinar with @asfngo.bsky.social & CRED
to dive into our research findings & what can be done to protect human rights 👇
asf.be/expeerience-...

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Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Mar 18

Ending racism is a political choice – it’s time to make it. ⏰

This Anti-Racism and Diversity Week, ASF stands with @enareurope.bsky.social, @hrw.org, @amnesty.org, and 40+ organisations, calling for bold action against systemic racism.

🔗 Read our joint statement ➡️ asf.be/publication/...

Avocats Sans Frontières @asfngo.bsky.social · Mar 17

The University of Palermo, Il Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca Migrare dell'Università di Palermo, and ASF, in collaboration with ARCI Palermo and Moltivolti, invite you to: “Beyond Borders: The Mediterranean as a battleground against structural racism and the criminalization of solidarity”.

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CNCD-11.11.11 @cncd.be · Mar 13

Avec près de 500 #associations, nous demandons à l'Arizona de revoir son projet de faire passer la réduction fiscale des dons de 45 à 30%.

Ce choix menace 2500 associations qui dépendent de la #solidarité des citoyen·nes pour mener leurs actions au service de l'intérêt général👉 tinyurl.com/2aets42c

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