A Critical Week for Environmental Rights in Southeast Asia

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Indonesian environmental organizations commemorate Earth Day in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on April 22, 2024. © 2024 Sipa via AP Images Last week, millions of people in Southeast Asia grappled with a record-setting heatwave that triggered thousands of school closures, put unprecedented pressure on power grids, and led to fatal heat strokes. The brutal temperatures underscore the need to hammer out the details of a regional environmental rights declaration, work that is underway today in Jakarta as a working group formed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…

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