WE WORK TO INCREASE THE PROTECTION AND STRENGTH OF INDIGENOUS, LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS
Our purpose is to contribute to a safe and enabling environment for Indigenous, Land and Environmental Defenders (ILEDs).
We work to empower and foster the agency of these defenders, encourage multistakeholder action and drive systemic change strategies to address (prevent and respond to) threats against them.
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OUR TOP PRIORITIES
Through collecting and using data; improving, and expanding supports and solidarity networks, and advancing advocacy and legal action at the international, regional and national level, we can respond to and prevent attacks against defenders and end systems of impunity.
data collection and reporting
law and advocacy
support and solidarity
FEATURED REPORTS
UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN ICEBERG 2023
New ALLIED data – a combined dataset produced by a group of local, regional and global data collectors – uncovers the hidden iceberg of non-lethal attacks against Indigenous, land and environmental defenders1 (ILED), as well as their organizations and communities.
UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN ICEBERG
In today’s world, being a land and environmental defender can be dangerous, even fatal. The number of defenders killed yearly is alarming, but their story is only the tip of the iceberg. What we often don’t see is what happens before we get to the point of no return.
A CRUCIAL GAP
More than six years after agenda 2030 was adopted, crucial gaps in state-reported data severely undermine our ability to monitor the situation of land and environmental defenders.
SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
This report summarizes key findings of a two-year project in order to inform concrete steps to increase the impact of existing and future strategies to enhance the protection of Indigenous, Land and Environmental Defenders.
A CRUCIAL GAP 2023
The second edition of this landmark report highlights the limits of official reporting on the violence faced by defenders: ‘More than six years after Agenda 2030 was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, crucial gaps in state-reported data severely undermine our ability to monitor the situation of HRDs, particularly those protecting land, the environment and indigenous peoples’ rights.’
BUILDING BRIDGES FOR AT-RISK INDIGENOUS, LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS
Allied members, donors, and partners gathered in a three-day event in Bogotá, Colombia from April 11th to 13th. Participants listened to the work and achievements of ALLIED since 2018, evaluated their strategy and impact to date, and discussed opportunities for enhanced impact. Additionally, participants discussed existing support strategies for at-risk indigenous, land, and environmental defenders (ILEDs) and explored ways to strengthen support for and protection of ILEDs.
SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
This report summarizes key findings of a two-year project in order to inform concrete steps to increase the impact of existing and future strategies to enhance the protection of Indigenous, Land and Environmental Defenders.