Actors / NGO · International
Human Rights Watch
Appears in 11 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ngorongoro and Loliondo relocations | NGO; reported services cut | Tanzania | 1992–2026 | Protected area / relocation |
| Plastic waste imports into Türkiye (Adana) | Reported health impacts on recycling workers and residents (2022) | Türkiye | 2016–2026 | Plastic waste and recycling claims |
| Southern Cardamom REDD+ project and the arrest of Pork Nget (Cambodia) | Author of the 2024 report | Cambodia | 2015–2025 | Carbon credits |
| Uzbek cotton boycott ends forced labour | Human rights investigator | Uzbekistan | 2017–2026 | Agriculture, livestock and food |
| Cambodia REDD+ indigenous consultation failure | Author of the 2024 report | Cambodia | 2015–2025 | Carbon credits |
| Marange diamonds and the Kimberley Process (Zimbabwe) | NGO that reported the killings | Zimbabwe | 2008–2025 | Mining |
| UK packaging recycling notes (PRN) system and export fraud | NGO; interviewed workers in Turkey | United Kingdom | 2009–2025 | Plastic waste and recycling claims |
| Boké bauxite mining and the CBG expansion | Researcher and reporter | Guinea | 1974–2025 | Mining |
| ICVCM approves three REDD+ methods; older Verra methods left out | published the 2024 report on the voluntary carbon market | Global | 2023–2024 | Carbon credits |
| Uzbek cotton clusters took farmers' land and set quotas, rights group reports | Published the 2026 report | Uzbekistan | 2017–2026 | Agriculture, livestock and food |
| Chepang man dies in army custody after Chitwan park detention; homes reportedly burned | Reported the case | Nepal | 2020 | Protected area / relocation |
Appears alongside
Verra ×3Carbon Market Watch ×3European Union ×2Greenpeace ×2National Audit Office ×2Wildlife Alliance ×2Ministry of Environment (Cambodia) ×2Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) ×2SCS Global Services ×2Aster Global ×2AENOR ×2Government of Uzbekistan ×2Indorama Agro ×2International Finance Corporation (IFC) ×2Government of TanzaniaNgorongoro Conservation Area AuthorityOtterlo Business Corporation&BeyondAmnesty InternationalGovernment of TürkiyeBasel Action NetworkInternational Labour OrganizationCotton CampaignUzbek Forum for Human RightsEuropean Bank for Reconstruction and DevelopmentAsian Development BankWorld BankZimbabwean armyKimberley ProcessGlobal WitnessGovernment of ZimbabweEnvironment AgencyNationwide RecyclingBiffaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG)AlcoaRio TintoDadcoCompliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO)US International Development Finance CorporationSociété Minière de Boké (SMB)Winning International GroupChina Hongqiao Group / Shandong WeiqiaoInclusive Development InternationalEmirates Global Aluminium (EGA)Murtazo RakhmatovNepal Army
Terms used on this page
Carbon and conservation finance
- Carbon credit
- A certificate representing one tonne of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) that a project says it reduced, avoided or removed. Buyers use credits to balance their own emissions in climate claims.
- Voluntary carbon market
- Trade in carbon credits bought by choice, mostly by companies, outside legally binding emission schemes.