Resource Directory for Environmental Defenders

EDLC has compiled this list of resources to assist environmental defenders facing threats or legal actions. This list is not exhaustive, nor is the inclusion of an organization here an endorsement of any kind.  EDLC welcomes inquiries from persecuted environmental defenders, especially concerning legal assistance.

Funding for Security, Relocation, and Legal Assistance

Global

• Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de L’Homme (“Working Together for Human Rights”)
• CIVICUS Crisis Response Fund (part of the Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund)
• Elisabeth-Selbert-Initiative
• Freedom House (part of the Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund)
• Front Line Defenders
• Global Climate Legal Defense (CliDef)
• Indigenous Peoples Rights International
• International Federation for Human Rights
• Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund
• McCain Institute Human Rights Defenders Program
• ProtectDefenders.eu
• Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights
• Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund

Region or Country Specific

• AfricanDefenders
• African Environmental Defenders Fund
• Amazon Defenders Fund
• Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
• Brazil Human Rights Fund
• Chinese Human Rights Defenders
• East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
• Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders
• Guatemala (UDEFEGUA)
• Guatemala Human Rights Commission
• Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme (Women defenders)
• Safeguard Defenders (Asia)

Security Assessments and Trainings

• Africa Human Rights Network
• Defenders Protection Initiative (Uganda)
• Freedom Lab
• Front Line Defenders
• Open Briefing
• Protection International

Campaigns and Advocacy

• Amnesty International Urgent Action Network
• Article 19
• Cultural Survival (Indigenous defenders)
• EarthRights International
• ESCR-Net
• Front Line Defenders
• Human Rights First
• International Federation for Human Rights
• Mining Watch Canada (Canadian mining companies)
• Safeguard Defenders (Asian defenders)

Legal Assistance

• American Bar Association Justice Defenders Program
• EarthRights International
• Environmental Defender Law Center
• Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
• Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (Latin America)

Toolkits, Guides, and Other Resources

• Advocacy in Restricted Spaces: A Toolkit for Civil Society (Freedom House)
• Defenders’ Toolbox (International Service for Human Rights)
• Earth Defenders Toolkit 
• Environmental Human Rights Defenders Toolkit (Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders)
• Holistic Security Protocol for Human Rights Defenders (Open Briefing)
• Practical Digital Protection (Safeguard Defenders)
• Protection Manuals (Protection International)
• Resource Book for Human Rights Defenders (Defend Defenders)
• Resources for Human Rights Defenders (Human Rights First)
• Security and Safety Manual for Earth Rights Defenders in Southeast Asia (Earthrights International)
• SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) Resources (Asina Loyiko)
• The European Union: What It Can Do, Getting It To Take Action (Front Line Defenders)
• Trial Observation Handbook for Human Rights Defenders (Front Line Defenders)
• Workbook on Security: Practical Steps for Human Rights Defenders at Risk (Front Line Defenders)