Mercy Global Action at the UN is delighted to introduce our issue brief on fracking and human rights in English (4pps; PDF) and en español (4pps; PDF)

This tool can be used to help identify and contextualize the process of fracking, its impacts on people and Earth, and prescriptions of international human rights law. The 4-page document succinctly defines both fracking and human rights law and then briefly explores fracking’s impacts on key components of the human rights to health, water, food, housing, access to information, and to public participation as outlined by international law.

The issue brief is a compilation of highlights from the more comprehensive Guide to Rights-Based Advocacy: International Human Rights Law and Fracking. We invite you to use the issue brief in your own advocacy and to share it widely. For a more in-depth analysis of fracking’s impacts on human rights, download the full guide.

The Guide to Rights-Based Advocacy: International Human Rights Law and Fracking is available for download in English (74pps; PDF) and en español (74pps; PDF)

Messages to: Aine O'Connor rsm - MGA Coordinator at the UN