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Unjust Transitions: Climate Migration, Heat Stress, and Labour Exploitation in the United Arab Emirates

Workers at the heart of the UAEs renewable and gig sectors, and at the site that will host COP28 have left homes because of climate change, only to be subjected to physical abuse, heat stress, exploitation and discrimination.

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We are Equidem, a human rights organisation that’s rightsholder-centred and representative of the Global Majority.

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Climate change and its impacts

Human rights violations stem from power dynamics and relationships that enable abuse to occur, and businesses are one of the most powerful actors in global geopolitics and the day to day lives of humans.

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Enforcing respect for human rights

Human rights violations stem from power dynamics and relationships that enable abuse to occur, and businesses are one of the most powerful actors in global geopolitics and the day to day lives of humans.

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Letter To COP28 Participating Governments re UAE Human Rights and Climate Concerns

We write as a global network of organizations with grave human rights concerns regarding the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), host of the 2023 COP28 climate negotiations.

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Equidem Joins Call for UAE to End Human Rights Abuses Ahead of COP28

Rights groups across six continents say UAE cannot be given a free pass for its abysmal human rights record on the COP stage 
 

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Workers at the heart of the United Arab Emirates's renewable and gig sectors, and at the site that will host the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) have left homes in Africa and Asia because of climate change only to be subjected to physical abuse, heat stress, exploitation and discrimination.

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Exposing Injustice

Exposing Injustice

Shining a light on the most hidden and serious human rights violations on marginalised groups.

Providing solutions

Providing Solutions

Going beyond what we are against, talking about what we are for, and the changes needed to achieve it.

Building the Movement

Building the Movement

Increasing grassroots and professional civil society capacity to carry out research, non-political advocacy, and strategy / institutional development.

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Equidem is a human rights and labour rights organisation. We work globally and locally to expose injustice and hidden human rights abuses; to provide practical solutions to the most intractable human rights challenges; and to build powerful community-led coalitions that empower the individual and the community.

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