Luciana Téllez Chávez
Luciana is a senior researcher in the Environment and Human Rights Division. She joined Human Rights Watch in 2017 as Finberg Fellow, and has since conducted research in Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, and Malaysia. Her research and advocacy have dealt with violent repression of dissent, judicial harassment and violence against environmental defenders, workers’ exposure to toxics, water contamination and labor rights violations in the context of oil exploration, mining, illegal logging and industrial agriculture. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Luciana was Americas research fellow at Front Line Defenders, providing emergency support to human rights defenders at risk in the region. She is a graduate of the United Nations University for Peace, King’s College London, and the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (SciencesPo). She speaks English, French, and Spanish.
Articles Authored
-
September 6, 2021
-
-
April 22, 2021
Bolsonaro’s Empty Promises to Protect the Amazon
-
March 3, 2021
US Has a Chance to Protect Forests Worldwide
-
February 11, 2021
Attempt to Greenwash Bolsonaro’s Environmental Record Backfires at OECD
-
December 8, 2020
How France Can Help Brazil's Amazon Defenders
-
-
April 16, 2020
How Covid-19 Could Impact the Climate Crisis
-
December 16, 2019
Development Banks to Address Palm Oil Abuses in DR Congo
-
November 25, 2019
Interview: A Toxic Mix of Abuses on Congo’s Oil Palm Plantations
Reports Authored
-
Carbon Offsetting’s Casualties
Violations of Chong Indigenous People’s Rights in Cambodia’s Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project
-
US: Failure to Pass Build Back Better Act Imperils Rights
Can Advance Economic Justice, Fix Broken Safety Net, But More Needed
-
COP26: Don’t Be Fooled by Bolsonaro’s Pledges
Brazil Still Lacks Credible Plan to Save Rainforest as Amazon Crisis Persists
-
-
A Dirty Investment
European Development Banks’ Link to Abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Palm Oil Industry
-
-