WHO WE ARE

Land and environmental defenders face growing threats around the world. Over the last three years, approximately 200 individuals defending the right to a healthy environment and territory have been killed each year. Defenders continue to be criminalized and subjected to violent attacks – including murder – within a shrinking operating space for civil society.

ALLIED works to build protection skills among defenders, strengthen government and business safeguards for defenders, and protect civil society actors who are addressing root causes of threats and attacks on defenders.

By sharing experiences, we minimize duplication and maximize impact. Within the ALLIED Coalition, some organizations have extensive experience responding to acute attacks and helping individuals and organizations build resilience. Others have experience advocating with businesses and governments to protect defenders.

We are learning about what resources already exist to support defenders, and sharing knowledge about how to access those resources. We are supporting members’ initiatives to improve safeguards and protections mechanisms, and so amplify their impact.

OUR MEMBERS

National and Regional

Action for Large-scale Land Acquisition Transparency
AfricanDefenders
All Eyes on the Amazon
Amazon Watch
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
Center for Development Alternatives (CEALDES)
Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA)
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA)
Community Agroecology Network
Consortium for Agrarian Reform
DefendDefenders
Fundo Casa Socioambiental
Green Advocates
Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries
ILC en América Latina
Instituto de Derecho Ambiental A.C. (IDEA)
Latin America Working Group (LAWG)
Natural Justice
Not 1 More
Panafrican Institute for Research, Training, and Action for Citizenship, Consumption, and Development in Africa (CICODEV)
Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA)