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Volker Türk (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Strasbourg, France
June 4, 2026
"Volker Türk reports hundreds of environmental defenders killed or detained in recent years. OHCHR recorded nearly 600 killings or disappearances of defenders over the past three years. New laws in Europe are increasingly criminalizing peaceful environmental protest."
Author: Joan Martinez-Alier
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the 'environmentalism of the poor,' detailing how local communities and activists in the Global South face violence and legal repression while defending their land and resources against extractive industries.