human rights groups as well. like amnesty international who went to the united nations and got a preliminary report from a working group on arbitrary detention. this is part of the human rights council of the united nations. and the report that has come back is scathing about the proceedings and how donner was treated. and the 2 judges who took on this case raising very, very many questions. danziger his south spoke to us earlier and he said that this these charges stand from him running a successful case against chevron. back in the 90s. i met kristen though while we're speaking to you, so we're showing some pretty disgusting pictures which looks like environmental damage in the amazon. tell us more about this case again, chevron and i will go here. where does that case stand? yes. so in 2013 a judge in atwood or awarded the plaintiffs in that case, that stephen danziger represented with $9500000000.00 in damages for damage. that was don in obtaining oil in ecuador. i was actually another company that chevron bought. but by buying the company was held liable for all of this destruction in the negative health impacts on the people they are. so after winning this case, however, chevr

wounded a 100 others it happened in the strategic city of could dues close to the border with g to stand. and staying with afghanistan, the human rights council of the united nations has agreed to appoint a new special rappel tours of the country. they'll be responsible for monitoring human rights following the taliban takeover. amnesty international has welcomed the decision, saying, an independent investigative mechanism will be critical. the organization is accused the tardy barn of human rights violations, including targeted killings of civilians and blocking humanitarian aid. stephanie decker has more from cobble we haven't had any official reaction from the taliban as of yet in terms of whether they would cooperate with such a position. we're expecting that position to be taken up or on march of next year. but of course the a, the countries now controlled by the taliban, so any movement across the country needs to be coordinated with them. and then of course, if you have any taliban presence, if you're interviewing any sort of survivors or victims of a legit atrocities, if you have any shadow bomb present, they will be possible to speak freely. it's

human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to prove that democracies can still deliver in an age of fast-moving, cross-cutting challenges. we have rejoined the u.n, human rights council, which we walked away from, the unitedof america, last time, didn't want to be part. i mean, just yesterday, we won an election to a new three-year term that begins in january on that committee. we had to fight to get back on it because the world wondered, "do we mean it still?" the united states of america, do we mean it? in december, i will host, the united states will host a virtual summit, a summit of democracies to bring together world leaders to make concrete commitments to defend democratic values and push back against advancing authoritarianism, not war, but important words. we can't return to a world where might is right and strong nations abuse weak or oppress individual rights with impunity. nuremberg forced us to look closely at the evil of humankind and what we're capable of perpetrating, to see mass atrocities, crimes against humanity do not happen by accident. they don't happen by accident. they result of choices, choices made by individual human beings and world leaders. and sadly, when we look around the w

and the whole proceeding has caught the attention of the united nations human rights council and their special committee on arbitrary detention because of activists. like the ones you see behind me. some of them have gone inside of the court house, but others have been here all morning long trying to call attention to this case, which they say i is evidence of a trend of corporate lawyers and corporate corporations. basically going after human rights activists in court in a way that is silencing now in the case of danziger i, he was representing ecuador ends, whose home land, whose environment was destroyed by oil companies back in the ninety's. he had a success with that lawsuit in the late 2, thousands, but because of challenges to him, now he is facing these court proceedings here in the united nations is saying that he should be like go because of questions about the weight. uh huh. okay. chris's living there. life was in new york. kristen, thank you. he, back to this of gathered in the italian city old milan to protest against what they say is in action by unworldly does a hats ov

the explanation to hind this sentence? yes, 6 months for contempt of court for stephen danziger, it's a stunning sentence when you consider that the united nations human rights councils . this commission on arbitrary detention just put out a report saying that he should be freed. and that the case showed stunning. a stunning lack of objectivity and impartiality, but the judge in this case, loretta prescott pushed back vehemently against the characterizations of the united nations and some of danziger supporters who gathered outside of the court house here in in sentencing him she disagreed with the characterizations as saying that danziger had shown a pattern of wilful neglect that he had thumbed his nose at the justice system repeatedly refusing to comply with orders that had been given by a judge in, in earlier case to hand over information related to it. the lawsuit that he had filed against chevron danziger for his part, told the port that he couldn't express remorse for doing what he believes was right . and what was at the goal of hilly and his supporters say that they have been targeted by chevron. that this was a case of a big money attorneys wearing down at

of the court house. the tell us more about this sentence. yeah, well the decision is stunning, given that the united nations human rights council board on arbitrary detention just put out a report saying that if anything danziger should be released. because the trial proceedings had shown a lack of objectivity, a shocking lack of objectivity in their words and impartiality. but the judge here in new york, federal court justice loretta prescott pushed back against characterizations by the united nations and danziger supporters. that this somehow was not warranted, but she gave him the maximum 6. my sentence for contempt charges 6 of them relating to a case where he failed to turn over evidence that was demanded by the judge. i. she said that contrary to the way this was painted, danziger had showed a long pattern of neglecting court orders. and because of that, it was important to send a message that decisions and court orders have to be obeyed. and so it was a big disappointment for many of the supporters who had gathered here outside of the court house and clothing environmental groups in human rights groups who had been supporting him and his e

of four korean americans in congress. you were born in seoul and you also support the human rights act. new york city council bill named the street in front of the admission to the unitedions hill was falsely arrested and murdered. "that death is a tragic reminder for north korea regime and lack of concern for human life. he should be alive today and should have the opportunity to live in new york city like a plant. naming the street after him would serve as a reminder to the north korean regime that the u.s. stands firmly against their gross human rights abuses and to his family that he will not be forgotten". it is now lining its way in the legal department of the new york city council. your thoughts, congresswoman, on this young man. >> my thoughts from north korea, and i know how it is because i've been hearing from my parents. you know, auto did not have to die, he was arrested by north korea for nothing. he could not see. as soonest he arrived in his country, guess what, he died. this naming after him, i totally support that. that will show and him and his family are not forgotten. i really support them. >> they have not been a tremendous supporter of new york ci

council. and with the columbia university law school clinic she published a landmark study. invitation and wastewater in rural communities in the united states. and examination of inequality for the framework of human rights. one of the foremost advocates. then to serve as the 23rd president of the national congress of american indians and and the keynote address for environmental justice to highlight not only to understand the widespread impact of climate change and fellowship on —- pollution but what along the coast of washington that many americans first became aware of environmental justice when they saw police training and teargas fighting the dakota access pipeline freezing temperatures in 2016 we are very much looking forward to that perspective and then the ceo and cofounder of an online collaborative platform to have an unprecedented campaign to draft the environmental justice to serve on the board and to be one of the top 100 creative people in business and has been a fellow with the harvard kennedy school for democracy. bringing the former congressional staffer and a deep understanding with the policymaking more democratic thank you again for joining us today and i will invite each of our speak

council. in 2019 at the columbia law school human rights clinic in the institute for the study of human rights he published a landmark -- sanitation and wastewater and rural communities in the united states. it's an examination of inequality in access to a framework of human rights. she was a 2020 macarthur foundation fellow and she is one of our country's foremost advocates for economic and environmental justice in the rural committee. we also have -- who served as the 23rd president of american indians and vice president of the indian nation in washington. at this years environmental justice symposium she highlighted the need not only to understand the widespread impact of climate change and pollution but the injustices that are made so stark and her committee along with the state of washington. i think we should all remember as we have our conversations that many americans first became aware of them were environmental injustice when they saw police using high-pressure hoses on tear gas on unarmed water protectors fighting the dakota access pipeline in hot temperatures and 2016 and we are looking forward his perspective. finally marci harris hosts a platform with him on resident