NAIROBI, Kenya (AN) — Two United Nations agencies teamed up on Friday by adopting a new agreement to increase protections around the world for environmental advocates and their families whose actions have put them at risk of retaliation and violence.
Inger Andersen, who heads U.N. Environment, and Michelle Bachelet, who oversees the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, announced they signed the agreement to better monitor and protect against global threats to environmental and human rights defenders.
