Social justice

For International Human Rights Day, Debora Singer MBE, safeguarding human rights lead at René Cassin, explains how the Jewish community has shaped human rights following the Holocaust, and how our freedoms are currently under threat in the UK.

Find out what climate adaptation is, whether the UK is prepared for climate change, and why we're taking government to court over its national adaptation plan.

Read our letters to former and current leaders urging support for a ceasefire in Gaza.

As an environmental justice organisation, Friends of the Earth is fighting to protect our right to protest, along with all human rights. Find out how the UK government is threatening our rights and freedoms.

2023’s Black History Month theme, "celebrating our sisters” aims to highlight the significant role that Black women have played throughout history. We speak to Leandra from our grassroots network about the importance of amplifying black women’s voices.

The climate movement hasn’t done enough to centre the needs of disabled people. A more inclusive approach is long overdue

We’re part of a coalition campaigning for a new UK Business, Human Rights and Environment Act. But why do we need it and what impact would it have?

Lewis Carr (he/they), a Campaigner at Friends of the Earth, reminds us that creating a fairer and greener world for everyone needs to include everyone, including the LGBTQIA+ community, and that doing so could help unlock the change we all so desperately need.

The climate crisis is forcing more people to move as extreme weather destroys livelihoods and communities and increases conflict. But the UK government is ramping up attacks on migrants while failing to respond to the real crises of our day: increase in global conflict and the climate and cost-of-living crises.

House of Lords vote on secondary legislation to change the definition of "serious disruption to the life of the community" on 13 June 2023. Read the Joint letter from 49 organisations.