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Mobilising International Human Rights Law to Promote Tax Justice

Legal officer Gerry Liston on how an Advisory Opinion of the ICJ might bring clarity to the international legal obligations of “internati...

Crowdfund launched in support of legal bid to resist land grab and airport construction in Barbuda

Visit our crowdfund page and consider donating. CLICK HERE Summary The people of Barbuda, part of the larger state of Antigua and Barbuda...

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 Novemb...

Complaint filed against Irish oil company for business dealings in annexed Western Sahara

The Global Legal Action Network has submitted a formal complaint against San Leon Energy PLC today (24/10/2018) for violating the human r...

Guest post: Barbudans forced off island to privatise commons.

The people of Barbuda have always held their land in common. That land tenure system is now being threatened by financiers and their all...

‘Land grab’ on hurricane-hit Barbuda could leave the island almost entirely owned by banks

Note from the author One year ago Hurricane Irma hit the coasts of Barbuda, a small Caribbean island that was first occupied as a British...

New bill will make Ireland the first country in the world to divest from fossil fuel assets

Ireland is on track to become the first country in the world to divest public money from fossil fuel assets following a landmark vote in ...

Promoting transnational accountability for “land grabbing”? Insights from a brainstorming event

This note summarises insights from a meeting convened by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) in collaboration with the International I...

Crowdfunding campaign for climate change legal action launched.

Monday September 25th sees the launch of GLAN's crowdfunding campaign to help bring a potentially ground-breaking case. We are helping s...

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