Condemnation of the terms “eco-terrorists”, “eco-zealots”, “eco-vandalism”, a reminder of the irrefutable nature of the climate emergency, and above all, firm condemnation of the repression of environmental demonstrators... Dunja Mijatović, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, speaks out forcefully in her latest “Human Rights Comment”, published on 2 June.
She believes that environmental human rights defenders and climate activists “deserve our...