Candy Ofime
@candyofime
Researcher / legal adviser on climate justice at @Amnesty. RTs ≠ endorsements
🪩🎉TODAY: @ITLOS_TIDM's opinion sets a landmark precedent for climate justice globally, holding that GhG emissions are a form of pollution of the marine environment. Ruling will help protect oceans & ppl from climate harm. @AILitigation 's take 👇🏽amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
🌐📢 In 1/2 hour, the #ICJ will speak for the 1st time on the climate crisis, a *defining* moment for the climate justice movement that could shift global responsibility from people on the frontlines to polluters who must act. 🔗Watch live: webtv.un.org/en #ClimateICJAO
Month after month, the world has watched as Israel treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them.
"We're living under this sound of threat; constant, ongoing, day and night" Our colleague, Sahar, describes daily life under bombardment during the armed conflict in Lebanon.
Yet again, exploitation of workers has been found in a major global company in Saudi Arabia – this time French retail giant @CarrefourGroup. @Amnesty’s new investigation reveals treatment that may amount to forced labour & human trafficking. For more 👇 tinyurl.com/48aw235e
« The horror of Cobalt mining in Congo »… must-watch @AJEnglish report on the human cost of industrial and artisanal Cobalt mining in the DRC, featuring my excellent colleague @candyofime, lead-author of our 2023 report on mass forced evictions. youtu.be/eJdktQ97rZ8?si…
1/ 🚨NEW research reveals the ongoing oil shipments fueling Israel's war machine. 65 tankers of crude oil & refined petroleum products have shipped to Israel since Oct, 1/2 after @CIJ_ICJ ruled in January that Israel is plausibly committing genocide. priceofoil.org/behind-the-bar…
🚨 NEW @amnesty briefing analyzing landmark climate rulings of @ECHR_CEDH is out! Enjoyed putting my litigator's hat back on for this one. Helpful reading for activists & journos following @KlimaSeniorin case & #Switzerland's response expected next week amnesty.org/en/documents/E…
New @amnesty briefing 'Climate inaction, ruled out!' analyzes 3 landmark climate judgments of @ECHR_CEDH - focusing in particular on @KlimaSeniorin case. It highlights the potential for achieving climate justice through strategic litigation @ECHR_CEDH amnesty.org/en/documents/e…
Without climate finance, the climate crisis will continue to take lives and livelihoods. Global North governments should take responsibility for their emissions and #PayUp $trillions a year to people & communities suffering the worse effects of global heating.
Global funds to tackle climate change are woefully inadequate. Without significant climate finance, the climate crisis will continue to take lives and livelihoods. 1/4
📍Made it to Tana & so excited to be working on new human rights research for @amnesty on climate-induced internal displacements in #Madagascar with my brilliant colleague @wa_nciko
Israel/OPT: Israeli air strikes that killed 44 civilians is further evidence of war crimes. @amnesty investigated three Israeli strikes on al-Maghazi and Rafah last month which killed 32 children playing foosball or at home. In all three cases, Amnesty International did not…
Hey Greta, thanks for this! You may want to check our latest report (September 2023) showing how the expansion of industrial mining for Cobalt and Copper to power EVs has led to mass forced evictions in southeastern Congo (DRC). (With @candyofime) amnesty.org/en/documents/a…
#Nigeria must urge @Shell to right its wrongs. @amnesty's research has shown that the company's decades of polluting oil extraction have turned the Niger Delta into a sacrifice zone. Divesting doesn't absolve the company from its responsibility to remediate & rehabilitate
With Shell currently seeking regulatory approval for the sale of its business in the Niger Delta, it is essential that it is held fully to account for decades of grievous human rights abuses related to oil spills. search.app/g4ua5s7S2z7wmn…
From lobbying multilateral spaces, to using niche legal avenues like ISDS to force states to compensate them when climate action affects their bottom lines, the fossil fuel industry's corporate capture is omnipresent. Important reminder by M Robinson... theguardian.com/environment/ar…
Le risque que la reconnaissance faciale soit légalisée en France est désormais bien réel. @amnestyfrance se mobilise pour sensibiliser le public aux impacts de ces technologies sur nos droits et demander aux parlementaires français de les interdire. 👇🧵 amnesty.fr/presse/jo-amne…
Brilliant piece by @yessfun (feat. @amnesty + @raidukorg research) outlining why cobalt mining in #DRC should benefit Congolese ppl first & not turn fenceline communties into sacrifice zones: atmos.earth/congos-clean-e…
Shame on @Columbia for once again bringing a sea of police down on our own students. This administration has clearly learned nothing from history. It won’t recover from this.
NYPD riot police is now positioned at Amsterdam Av and 116 Street, right at the Columbia University entrance next to the occupied Hamilton Hall.
Climate Action Network is less than impressed with the latest communique from @G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers. Read the civil society media reaction here ➡️ shorturl.at/iWX25 #G7Italy #G7 #fossilfuels #climatefinance
BREAKING: G7’s Coal Power Phase Out Must Come Faster to Protect People on the Frontline of the Climate Crisis @candyofime, @Amnesty’s Climate Justice Researcher, said: amnestyusa.org/press-releases…