Accountability and Supply Chains

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Torture survivor makes criminal complaint ahead of UK visit by Xingjang governor

GLAN (Global Legal Action Network) has contributed submissions and evidence in support of torture survivor Erbakit Otarbay, who is...

Judgment handed down in case against UK government on failure to halt imports of Uyghur cotton

On 20 January 2023, judgment was handed down in the GLAN and World Uyghur Congress' (WUC) case against the UK government. The case...

Swiss National Contact Point calls on Glencore to carry out due diligence at its Cerrejón Coal mine

The OECD National Contact Point (NCP) in Switzerland published its Final Statement in the Complaint against Glencore which was filed by...

Saudi spyware targeting of activist to be challenged in UK Court

Dr Azzam Tamimi, journalist, academic and human rights activist

Irish Medical Council must stop ignoring human rights concerns in accreditation of Bahrain program

GLAN in partnership with REDRESS and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) have written to the Irish Medical Council...

Complaint against Messe Berlin for hosting exhibitor involved in illicit economy in Western Sahara

GLAN and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) released today, 6 September 2019, an open letter to Messe Berlin...

Development bank panel to proceed with complaint from DR Congo communities on palm oil project

The panel of the complaints mechanism for the German, Dutch and French development banks has ruled that a complaint submitted on 5...

Criminal complaint against Dutch firm for allegedly profiting from exploitation of North Koreans

Summary A North Korean labourer who endured years of slave-like conditions working for Polish company ‘Crist S.A.’, a supplier of a Dutch...

DRC communities’ land rights case submitted to Development Bank’s independent complaints procedure

Nine communities from the Democratic Republic of Congo have this week filed a complaint to the German Development Bank (DEG) over a...

Robust methodology key to success of UN database of businesses involved in Israel's settlements

Civil society releases submission on normative framework, criteria for inclusion The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), the Centre for...